As they say in less than half a year as I again tell you something new. I think a museum of wax figures Marie Tussaud known to everyone. Basic Wax Museum in England, and its subsidiaries with branches in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Copenhagen, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Berlin. Everyone knows its museums, but few people interested in her biography.
Maria Groskholts born in Strasbourg on 7 December 1761. Family, which was born Marie passed it by, as did her father was a butcher. Unsociable Johann-Joseph Groskholts was disliked by Anna, the mother of Mary. Anna's heart belonged to a young sculptor Philip William Kurtiusu.
According to the site of the museum, her father was a soldier and was killed in the Seven Years' War for a couple of months before the birth of a daughter.
Anna Marie, along with a little moved to Bern in Switzerland with her mother. What would make money on the life of Anna Groskholts got a job as a doctor Philippe Curtius housekeeper.
Dr. Kourion taught to medical students. For clarity, he made out of wax internal organs. He was not the first who did "crafts" of wax, the wax began to use in ancient times. The ancient Romans made wax death masks "in memory". In Europe, the Middle Ages, were popular wax statues to decorate the temples. Philippe Curtius made to order from the wax busts of men who were decorated with items of clothing.
Little Mary liked Dr. Curtius, she called him uncle, Kurz. He taught Mary to walk.
Dr. Curtius was fairly well known in the manufacture of wax. After exposure, the collection of wax figures, he became known in France. He was so attached to Marie and her mother that they were all together they moved to Paris in 1763, when Marie was only 6 years old. Philippe Curtius wanted to pass on his ability to Marie, from an early age he began to teach her his craft, making wax figures. Marie was very successful student, all his spare time, Philip paid teaching girls. He originally trained in her honor. Asked to draw from memory the various people she met.
At first she did clothes for the wax, after sketching the customers. Philip saw in it the artist's talent, he trained her as his own daughter. Wax sculptures Curtius gained popularity. Orders had enough, something to pay rent at home in a prestigious area of Paris. After the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1771, Philip put the wax busts of the newlyweds. By its bench were crowds of people to look at the figures of the newlyweds. Curtius is prompted by the idea of creating a collection of figures of famous people. The embodiment of the idea took more than a year. In 1776, hung posters all over Paris, enticing people to look at the wax figures of famous people in full growth. Of course, a visit to this exhibition has been paid, at the entrance to Marie's selling tickets. The success of the show was stunning, even the Louis XVI visited this exhibition, where his figure was basic. He was so impressed Gallery, that he even donated his uniform shape and order.
By the age of 16, Marie could produce their own figures. In February 1778, and Mary Curtius removed mold face of Voltaire, in a couple of months, the famous philosopher, died. In this mold the bust was made for the show, who took the money.
When Marie was 17 years old, in 1778, she made her first real wax figure known poet and writer Francois Voltaire. At the moment, this figure is in the museum Madame Tussaud's in London.
Marie made wax figures are very realistic, it even surpassed in the ability of his teacher. Her talent was noticed by the royal family.
Marie was a good master of his craft, noticing this, the king invited Marie in 1780 in his apartment to teach their skills to Princess Elizabeth, sister of Louis. At Versailles, Marie spent about 9 years before the Parisians did not take the Bastille and imprisoned the King family. There and was Marie. She was Josephine Beauharnais inmates, future wife of Napoleon. Due to its origin, far from the court, Mary was released. Mary was kept in jail for several months. In the interest of revolutionary France to the wax figures disappeared. France was divided into those who persecute and those who are persecuted. Mother Mary Curtius and hiding from revolutionaries. Marie oriented in a given situation and suggested that Robespierre remove his mask. Flattered by this proposal, the main revolutionary agreed. Following this success, Marie took off her mask famous revolutionaries of the time.
Marie turned the work into the race, she knew that there was a witness of important events. She did everything to ensure that-be to perpetuate as much as possible participants in the events occurring around them. The most outstanding event during the "revolutionary" work was a death mask of Marat, after he beat Charlotte Corday. Charlotte Marie personally saw during his stay behind bars. Prison due to her immediately useful. A couple of days Curtius workshop was full of wishing to see the bloody scene of the death of Marat, the famous revolutionary.
Executioners she was given material to work with, she took off with the casts of heads of executed prisoners. Also, the executioners were allowed to shave Marie executed than helped her with her hair for her wax creations. The policy of the country was changing very rapidly and in the hands of Mary after the execution fell, the heads of aristocrats, the head of the revolutionaries. It is "enlivened" executed in the form of wax. Scene "Death of titanium" enjoyed great interest after Robespierre was executed.
Teacher Marie, Philippe Curtius died in 1794. Marie became the owner of the estate. The collection switched teacher Marie. October 1795 was a remarkable marriage to an engineer Francois Tussaud. Since then, Marie has become a "Madame Tussauds". In 1798, in April, are born of her first-born of Joseph, was born in 1800, Marie was born Francois.
Then again, it emerged the prison context, her cellmate Josephine invited to make a wax figure of the Emperor Napoleon. Marie Collection is enriched with new and new historical figures. Seven years later she sold to Francois Tussaud, disillusioned with the opposite sex. In 1802, together with his sons, she went to England. About France it looked like only a wax revolutionaries and surname of the spouse.
She traveled to England with his collection, and the studio, which is constantly increasing. Her collection was replenished by Richard the Lionheart, Marie Stewart, Henry VII, and Cromwell. This helped her letters of recommendation for the British executioners. In 1804, Marie just could not remain without its collection. Ship during transport to Liverpool, sank with all the wax figures. In another hoax which were in the boat, working around the clock to re-create all of the lost wax figures.
All political battles are over, in England lasted a long lull. Children of Mary grew, they became good helpers to create the shapes. Joseph was engaged in costumes for the dolls, François was an accountant of the company. With age, Madame Tussaud's more to complete his collection of children of the rulers, heirs. In the four years before the coronation of Queen Victoria visited the exhibition with which Madame Tussaud's removed all the dimensions needed to make a wax figure. The collection of Madame Tussaud's has become the most famous landmark Albion.
Madame Tussaud was traveling with his workshop and a collection of up to 1835. In 1835 she bought a mansion in London where he settled. Madame Tussauds has been very active old lady, she created the figure up to 81 years, the museum was in its nearly three thousand pieces. Her last piece was her self-portrait. She became interested in cartoons.
In London, at his home, aged 88 years April 16, 1850 Madame Tussaud died.
In our time in Madame Tussauds figures get the most deserving. From making his wax figure declined to only one person, it was Mother Teresa. 
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