Honoré Daumet
Pierre Jérôme Honoré Daumet (born October 23, 1826 in Paris , † December 12, 1911 there ) was a French architect.
Life
Daumet graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and was Prix de Rome prize winner for architecture in 1855. As a member of the fine arts department of the Archaeological Institute of France in Athens, the École française d'Athènes took Daumet in In 1861 Léon Heuzey took part in excavations in Macedonia , which Napoleon III. out of interest in the battlefields of Gaius Iulius Caesar and in particular in the battle of Pharsalus . The excavation brought information about the region, which had not been archaeologically researched until then, and enriched the Louvre with a number of exhibits; the quality of the drawings that Daumet made on this mission make the excavations famous to this day.
From 1862 Daumet began to teach architecture. At the same time he held the position of Inspecteur-Général des Bâtiments Civils . From 1867 he assisted Louis Joseph Duc in building the Palais de Justice in Paris and continued the work after Duc's death. On behalf of Henri d'Orléans , he directed the reconstruction of Chantilly Castle . In 1885 Daumet was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
His students included Charles Girault , Frantz Jourdain , Mac Kim , Walter-André Destailleur and Hector d'Espouy . Daumet was married to the daughter of the architect Charles Questel . He had a close friendship with the sculptor Henri Chapu .
Buildings
- Extension and west wing of the Palais de Justice in Paris with Louis Joseph Duc
- New construction of Chantilly Castle for Henri d'Orléans
- Chantilly Racecourse Grandstands
- Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre Basilica , between 1884 and 1886 (Daumet was one of the five architects who led the construction work one after the other after the death of Paul Abadie . In 1886 Daumet handed over the construction work to Charles Laisné .)
- Grenoble , Palais de Justice, Palais des Facultés
- Restoration of the Orange Theater
- Restoration of the old castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Restoration of the Palace Chapel of Versailles
- Ecce Homo Basilica of the Order of the Sisters of Sion in Jerusalem
literature
- Charles Girault, Notes sur la vie et les œuvres de Honoré Daumet, 1826–1911 , Victor Jacquemin. Paris, 1919.
- Catalog d'exposition, Le XIXe siècle , Galerie Talabardon Gautier, Paris, 2006, No 22.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pierre Gérôme Honoré Daumet. In: International database for engineering structures. Retrieved November 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Meredith L. Clausen: Décoration & Le Rationalisme Architecturaux a L'Exposition Universelle . EJ Brill, Leiden 1987, ISBN 90-04-07879-7 , pp. 11 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daumet, Honoré |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daumet, Honoré Pierre Jérôme (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1911 |
| Place of death | Paris |