Gustave Saintenoy

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Gustave Saintenoy (also: Gustave Jeam Jacques Saintenoy ; born February 6, 1832 in Brussels , † January 17, 1892 in Schaerbeek ) was a Belgian architect .

Live and act

Gustav Saintenoy was trained as a student of Smachtens at the Royal Art Academy in Brussels. In 1852 he received the Architectural Composition Award. After the academy he entered the studio of Felix Janlet, the father of the Belgian architect Charles Emile Janlet (1839-1919), and met Henry Beyaert.

Gustave Saintenoy was married to Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar's daughter Adele since 1861 . Her son Paul Saintenoy also became a well-known architect.

style

His style was that of the Second Empire . In all of his works he harmonized the simplicity, the regularity and the symmetry of the forms with a penchant for decoration.

Works (selection)

Gare du Luxembourg
  • 1855 Gare du Luxembourg , Brussels, place du Luxembourg (1855, partially reconstructed)
  • 1861–1864 Église de fer in Argenteuil (in collaboration with JP Cluysenaar)
  • Hôtel Antoine Dansaert , Brussels, rue de la Loi, 24 (1861, demolished)
  • Palais des Comtes de Flandre , Brussels, rue de la Régence (1866–1890, in collaboration with Clément Parent)
  • 1867–1869 Théâtre de l'État , Bruges
  • 1868–1870 Banque Cassel , Brussels, rue du Marais (demolished)
  • 1870 Cité du Travail , Brussels, rue Notre-Dame du Sommeil
  • 1872 Magasin du Dôme des Halles , Brussels (demolished)
  • 1873–1874 École d'institutrices , Brussels, rue de la Paille
  • 1873 Hôtel de maître aux cariatides , Brussels, rue de la Régence
  • 1874–1877 Château des Amérois , Bouillon (Belgium)
  • 1891 Palais provincial , Hasselt (Belgium) (executed by Paul Saintenoy)

literature

  • General lexicon of visual artists. Seemann, Leipzig, 1935, vol. 29.
  • Biographie nationale de Belge , 21 (1913), 175ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City Theater of Bruges
  2. ↑ Chateau des Amerois
personal data
SURNAME Saintenoy, Gustave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saintenoy, Gustave Jean Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1892
Place of death Schaerbeek