Alphonse Simil
Alphonse Paul Joseph Marie Simil (born June 14, 1839 in Nîmes , † in August 1916 ) was a French architect .
Life
Simil attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1864 , where he was a student of Charles Laisné and Henri Révoil . In 1874 he became an employee of the Commission des monuments historiques for the Orne department , as well as the arrondissements of Bayeux and Mantes , and later of Soissons . In 1910 he received the order for the cathedral of Sées . He is also known for the restoration of the churches of Taverny , Pontoise , Mantes , Étreham , Formigny , l'Aigle , Ryes and Dives-sur-Mer and the keep of Chambois (Orne) . He worked with the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll for numerous organ brochures ; her most famous project was a design for the organ of St. Peter's Basilica . In 1912 he stopped working.
Simil was the father of Abel Simil, who was born in Nîmes, was his pupil and also became an architect. They were registered at 28 Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris.
Honors and commitment
- 1863: Silver medal at the Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts
- 1868 and 1877: 1st class medal at the Salon de Paris
- 1874: Membership in the Commission des Monuments historiques
- 1878: 1st class medal at the Exposition Universelle
- 1879: Appointment as diocesan architect ( French architecte diocésain ) of the Diocese of Bayeux
- 1904: Appointed diocesan architect of the Diocese of Nevers .
Publications
- Etude générale de la construction de l'amphithéâtre romain de Nîmes
- Traité de perspective pratique destiné aux artistes et a l'enseignement de la perspective dans les cours de dessin. Paris 1881.
- Le Vatican et la basilique de Saint-Pierre de Rome. By Paul Letarouilly , completed by Alphonse Simil. Volume 2. A. Morel, Paris 1882 ( archive.org ).
literature
- Simil, Alphonse . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 46 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Alphonse Simil in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Alphonse Simil in the Médiatheque de l'architecure et du patrimoine
- Alphonse Simil in the Répertoire des architectes diocésains du XIXe siècle
Individual evidence
- ↑ Répertoire des travaux historiques contenant l'analyse des publications… Imprimerie nationale, 1882, p. 569 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ M Alphonse Simil . In: Académie de Nîmes (ed.): Bulletin des séances de l'Académie de Nîmes . Clavel-Ballivet, Nîmes 1880, p. 27–28 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Getty Research Institute: Le Moniteur des architectes . A. Levy, Paris 1880, Sp. 78 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Tribune artistique et littéraire du midi . Chez Camoin Fréres, 1863, p. 195 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Alphonse Simil. compagnie-acmh.fr, 2016, accessed April 10, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Emile Bellier de la Chavignerie, Louis Auvray: Simil (Alphonse-Paul) . In: Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours. Architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, engravers et lithographes . , Libr. Renouard, Paris 1882, p. 506–507 (French, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simil, Alphonse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simil, Alphonse Paul Joseph Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1916 |