Luce Eekman

Eekman attended the École alsacienne before earning a diploma from the École Spéciale d'Architecture.{{cite news |last=Eudes|first=Dominique|date=September 1968|title=Il y a encore des préjugés contre la réussite des femmes|url= |trans-title= |work=En direct|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} While there, she received praise for her work surveying Thoronet Abbey.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 July 1955|title=Luce Eekman|url= |trans-title= |work=Le Méridional|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} She received notoriety for her work restoring {{ill|La Pagode|fr}}, a former cinema in Paris.{{cite book |last=Amiel|first=Mireille|date=1974|title=Cinéma, Partie 1,Numéros 183 à 188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctKxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Luce+Eekman%22|trans-title= |language=French|location=|publisher=Cinéma 74|page=18|isbn= |access-date=7 February 2025}} In 1972, she was tasked by Louis Malle to construct a teahouse in a Japanese garden.{{cite news |last=Gonthier|first=Charlotte|date=9 November 2015|title=Le cinéma La Pagode ferme ses portes|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/cinema/diaporama-9957-cinema-pagode-ferme-portes|trans-title= |work=20 minutes|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=7 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ma-plume-webmag.com/fr/decouvertes/fenetre-sur/72-cinema-derniere-seance-a-la-pagode|title=Cinéma : un nouvel avenir pour la Pagode|work=Ma Plume|language=French}} In doing so, she constructed a cinema room that contained 175 seats.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 1986|title=Plus japonais que jamais|url= |trans-title= |work=L'ami des jardins et de la maison|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} A plaque at the teahouse was affixed to the entrance of the cinema room honoring her and her co-architect François Debulois.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 1973|title=Numéro 38|url= |trans-title= |work=Rencontres|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} In April 2011, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University student Aïda Menouer wrote a thesis on Eekman's work, titled La Pagode, de la salle de réception au cinéma d'art et d'essai.{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb14001895p|title=Régis Bertholon|work=Bibliothèque nationale de France|language=French}}

Eekman's principal works{{cite news |last= |first= |date=March 1972|title=Il faut faire de la cuisine un lieu de séjour agréable|url= |trans-title= |work=L'installateur|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1975|title=Luce Eekman et Marthe de l'Hamaide|url= |trans-title= |work=Baumeister|language=German|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} included Le Diable des Lombards in The Marais,{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 May 1974|title=Luce Eekman|url= |trans-title= |work=Le Quotidien de Paris|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} the apartments of Louis Malle and his brother {{ill|Vincent Malle|fr|lt=Vincent}},{{cite news |last= |first= |date=March 1974|title=Luce Eekman|url= |trans-title= |work=Connaissance des Arts|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} the Photogalerie,{{cite news |last= |first= |date=June 1974|title=Luce Eekman|url= |trans-title= |work=Connaissance des arts|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}} and an apartment building on {{ill|Rue Delambre|fr}} in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1980|title=Numéro 158|url= |trans-title= |work=La maison de Marie-Claire|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}

While at the École alsacienne, Eekman befriended future film director Yannick Bellon and appeared in his film {{ill|Quelque part quelqu'un|fr}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2986828/|title=Luce Eekman|work=IMDb}} She was close to the theatre troupe Les Théophiliens,{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb14656957p|title=Les Théophiliens|work=Bibliothèque nationale de France|language=French}} as well as Roger Planchon's Théâtre National Populaire. In 1975, she performed in the play Enluminures autour des minutes du procès de Gilles de Rais at the {{ill|Théâtre Essaïon|fr}}.{{cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/ark:/12148/cb394929453|title=Spectacle: Enluminures autour des minutes du procès de Gilles de Rais|work=Bibliothèque nationale de France|language=French}}

Eekman was the daughter of Flemish painter Nicolas Eekman and Andrée Herrenschmidt. In her father's honor, she founded Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman.{{cite web|url=https://www.nicolaseekman.com/en/|title=Home|work=Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman}} The association published monographies on the painter{{cite web|url=http://www.michelcabotse.com/_Editions/Fiche/art-0-2983328.htm|title=Nicolas Eekman Peintre-graveur (1889-1973)|work=Michel Cabotse Gallery|language=French}} and organized exhibits.{{cite web|url=https://www.nicolaseekman.com/l-artiste-et-son-oeuvre/38-la-presse-et-les-expositions-de-l-association|title=Avril 2000 : "Du cubisme au fantastique" - Fondation Taylor - Paris|work=Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman|language=French}} One such exhibition was held by the {{ill|Fondation Taylor|fr}}.{{cite news |last=Trépardoux|first=Francis|date=2002|title=Les médicaments d'origine biologique à travers le monde, fresque originale peinte en 1961 par Nicolas Eekman (1889-1973)|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/pharm_0035-2349_2002_num_90_334_5363|trans-title= |work=Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=7 February 2025}}

Luce Eekman died in Paris on 2 February 2025, at the age of 91.{{cite web|url=https://www.simplifia.fr/avis-de-deces/luce-eekman-paris-13e-arrondissement|title=Madame Luce EEKMAN|work=Simplifia|language=French}}

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