Gustave Krafft
Gustave Krafft , before 1920 also Gustav Krafft , (born January 21, 1861 in Strasbourg ; † 1927 ; full name: Gustave Henri Krafft ) was a French architect and painter.
Together with Gottfried Julius (Jules) Berninger, also from Strasbourg and later brother-in-law, he studied in Stuttgart in 1878/1879 and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Pascal from 1881–1886 . A few years after they established themselves as architects in Strasbourg in 1889, Art Nouveau became popular there. As a result of the city expansion, there was increased private and public construction activity.
Krafft also used elements of the neo-renaissance typical of the time . In 1894 he built the main restaurant in the orangery on behalf of the city . In 1895 he created the Stöber monument on the Weinmarkt. Berninger and Krafft built the Villa Schützenberger from 1897 to 1900.
From 1921 Krafft was a professor at the newly founded École régionale d'architecture in Strasbourg. In the same year he was awarded the palmes académiques and in 1922 the great medal for architecture in Paris.
In addition, he worked - especially on his travels in France, Italy , Greece , Egypt and the Orient - as a watercolor painter of landscapes and architecture.
His sister Amélie married Charles Hermann Goehrs (1846-1919) from Darmstadt in 1880 , who was head of the Strasbourg branch of the Evangelical Society from 1881 to 1919 .
Web links
- Gustave Krafft. In: Structurae
- Gustave Krafft at artgebung
- Hôtel Krafft (English)
- Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences - Présentation - Historique ( Memento of September 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krafft, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krafft, Gustave Henri (full name); Krafft, Gustav; Krafft, Gustav Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1927 |