François Arveuf

The Radziwiłł Palace in Jadwisin is an example of the use of historicist architectural styles that Arveuf often took up, here the French Neo-Renaissance , in other buildings also the French Neo-Baroque . Buildings designed by him are reminiscent of Loire castles (Châteauesque)

François Arveuf (also: Franciszek Arveuf , around 1850–1902) was a French architect who worked primarily in Warsaw and the surrounding area at the turn of the 20th century . He is counted among the most important Polish architects of the time.

Arveuf was a graduate of the École des Beaux Arts in Paris . Encouraged by a couple of Reszke brothers, he came to Poland in 1896 and lived there until his death. He worked in Volhynia , Mazovia and Warsaw especially for the wealthy nobility. In 1896 he was also involved in a hotel project on the site of the “Tivoli” on Warsaw's Królewska Street .

Buildings (selection)

• Radziwiłł Palace (Jadwisin) in Warsaw, 1896–1898
• Reconstruction of the Sanguszko / Potocki Palace in Antoniny (Volhynia), 1897
• Palace of the Warsaw Hunters Society (and outbuildings) in Warsaw, 1897–1898
• Mieczysław Epstein Palace in Teresin , 1899
• Reconstruction of the palace in Kozienice , 1896–1900
• Rzyszczewski Palace in Warsaw, 1899–1902
• Palace pavilion in Spała
• Łubieński Palace (backyard building)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to Małgorzata Omilanowska, Polska-pałace i dwory , Sport i Turystyka / MUZA SA, Warsaw 2004
2. ↑ according to Krzysztof Stefański, Architektura XIX wieku na ziemiach polskich , DiG, 2005 (in Polish) Arveuf was born around 1860
3. ↑ according to Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund: Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 42
4. ↑ according to Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (Ed.), Encyklopedia Warszawy , Volume 1, PWN, Warsaw 1994, p. 36 (in Polish)
5. ↑ ^{a b} according to Stanisław Łoza, Architekci i budowniczowie w Polsce , Budownictwo i Architektura, 1917, new edition, p. 15

Web links

Commons : François Arveuf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vita and building list at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)