Fernand Dumas

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Fernand Dumas, 1933

Fernand Dumas (born January 4, 1892 in Moudon , † October 20, 1956 in Locarno ) was a Swiss architect . His style is somewhere between neoclassical architecture and modernity. He was particularly active in the cantons of Friborg, Vaud, Bern and Valais.

Education and life

Fernand Dumas was an SIA architect without a diploma, trained at the Technikum in Freiburg and Munich . His career as a church builder began in Sommentier , where he built the Saint Anne chapel from 1918 to 1919 . In 1922 he opened his own architectural office in Romont . He is best known as the builder of many Catholic churches. He worked closely with architects and the artists Alexandre Cingria , Gino Severini , Marcel Feuillat, Françoise Baud and Willy Jordan.

Act

From 1927, Fernand Dumas and Alexandre Cingria were a leading member of the Luke Society (French-speaking section), whose goal was the renewal of Christian art according to the early Christian tradition. He was also a member of the Federal Art Commission from 1951 to 1956. For a long time he was considered one of the three leading masters of modern religious architecture in Switzerland, along with Adolphe Guyonnet from Geneva and Karl Moser von Zürich.

In his catalog raisonné there are churches in Freiburg: Saint-Pierre (1924) and Christ-Roi (1951–1954), based on a project by Denis Honegger . Also in Echarlens (1922–1923), Orsonnens (1935–1936) and Mézières (1937–1938). In the canton of Vaud he was responsible for the construction of the Catholic chapels of Saint-Martin de Lutry (1929–1930) and Saint-Antoine La Sarraz (1930–1931), as well as the renovation of the Notre-Dame du Valentin basilica in Lausanne (1932 -1933). 1931–1933 the Bernese Marienkirche was built as one of his most important works. Together with Denis Honegger, he built the Miséricorde University in Freiburg from 1938 to 1941.

literature

  • Aloys Lauper: Nova et vetera. Fernand Dumas church builder . Freiburger Kulturgüter 5, 1995, p. 17–32, 54–60 (catalog raisonné) .
  • Emil Joseph Nünlist: The Marienkirche and the Roman Catholic. Bern municipality . Benziger & Co. A.-G., Einsiedeln 1933, p. 63 .
  • Fabrizio Brentini, Swiss St. Luke Society for Art and Church: Building for the Church. Catholic church building of the 20th century in Switzerland . In: Building bridges between art and the church . tape 4 . Edition SSL, Lucerne 1994, p. 322 . Diss. Phil. I Zurich, 1993/94, pp. 31-38.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Aloys Lauper: Nova et vetera. Fernand Dumas church builder. Freiburger Kulturgüter 5, pp. 17–32.

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personal data
SURNAME Dumas, Fernand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Moudon
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1956
Place of death Locarno