Charles-Auguste Questel
Charles-Auguste Questel (born September 19, 1807 in Paris , † January 30, 1888 there ) was a French architect.
Life
Questel came to the École des Beaux-Arts (EBA) in his hometown early on . There he was among other things a student of Félix Duban . Supported by this, Questel was able to successfully debut with several works in 1844 and achieve the Prix de Rome (2nd place).
At the end of his training at the EBA, he was offered his own studio and teaching position. After the Franco-Prussian War he was accepted as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1871 .
Questel died in Paris at the age of eighty and found his final resting place there. After Questel's death, his studio was taken over and continued by Jean-Louis Pascal .
Student (selection)
- Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli (1842–1930)
- Henri-Paul Nénot (1853–1934)
- Ernst August Roßteuscher (1849–1914)
- Paul-Ernest Sanson (1836-1918)
Works (selection)
- Church of St. Paul in Nîmes , Gard (1835–1849)
- Aqueduct Pont du Gard near Vers-Pont-du-Gard , Département Gard (restoration, 1841–1846)
- James Pradier Fountain, Nîmes (restoration 1851)
- Prefecture of the department of Isère in Grénoble (1861–1866)
- Musée de Grenoble (1872)
literature
- Olivier Larder: L'eglise Saint-Paul de Nîmes. Charles-Auguste Questel et le proces créatif en architecture (1835–1849) . In: Bruno Foucart: L'architecture religieuse au XIXe siècle. Entre éclectisme et rationalisme . PUPS, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-84050-442-1 .
- Bruno Foucart: Questel et la Bibliothèque-Musée de Grenoble (1862–1872) . In: Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'art français. 1975/76, ISSN 0301-4126 , pp. 281-301.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Questel, Charles-Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1888 |
| Place of death | Paris |