Jean-François Blondel

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Jean-François Blondel (also: François Blondel * 1683 in Rouen ; † October 8, 1756 in Paris ) was a French architect , decorator and engraver , painter and illustrator .

Life

Jean-François Blondel was the uncle of Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe and the French architect Jacques-François Blondel , who was also his teacher. Blondel worked for a time as treasurer for the buildings of the King of France and was accepted into the Académie royale d'architecture in 1728 . His architectural style is considered sober, French classicisme , which in the first half of the 18th century, for example, was viewed by builders in Geneva as an expression of "good taste", "[...] which is preferable to" pomp "."

Works

Buildings (selection)

The Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix , built between 1736 and 1740 according to Blondel's plans
  • 1720–1721: town house of the banker Gédéon Mallet on Cour Saint-Pierre , Geneva;
  • 1721–1722: Manor house of the Swiss banker Gédéon Mallet in Cologny, Switzerland; was disfigured in 1948 due to a lack of specialist knowledge;
  • 1723–1730: Pastor Ami Lullin's house in Creux-de-Genthod , Genthod municipality , Switzerland
  • from 1736: Factory building of the Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix , Morlaix
  • 1742–1746: New construction of the chamber wing of the Leineschloss in Hanover based on plans by the builder Johann Paul Heumann , who had previously sent his plans to Paris, which were revised by Blondel
  • Palais des Consuls in Rouen, France
  • 1750–1754: Hôtel des Gardes du Roi , later the Caserne de Croy , Rue Royale, Versailles
  • Design of the decorations for the Dauphin's wedding celebrations

Illustrations (selection)

  • Description of the fêtes données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France et de Don Philippe, Infant d'Espagne ... les XXIXe et XXXe d'août 1739 , with painted and engraved panels by Rousset and Jean-François Blondel as well as drawings of the architectural decor by Salley, Paris: L'imprimerie de PG Le Mercier , 1741; Digitized

literature

  • Jean Mariette: Architecture française ... , Paris ... digitized
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects , Vol. 1, 1982, pp. 224-226
  • Armand Brulhart: La Maison Mallet , in: L'information immobilière , No. 28, 1985, pp. 153-157
  • Armand Brulhart: Le domaine du Creux-de-Genthod , in: L'information immobilière , Issue 30, 1986, pp. 59-63
  • Architects lexicon, p. 64f.
  • Thieme-Becker
  • General Artist Lexicon, Vol. 11, pp. 590f.

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ↑ Deviating from this, the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) names the year of birth 1681 and the date of death October 9, 1756 ; compare the information there ( memento of the original from March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on March 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / data.bnf.fr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Armand Brulhart: Jean-François Blondel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 5, 2004 , accessed March 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  3. ↑ a b c d Jean-François Blondel (1681-1756) ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the BnF website, last accessed on March 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / data.bnf.fr
  4. ↑ a b comparisons the information on the website structurae .com , last accessed on March 2, 2017
  5. ^ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf-Platz 1 , in Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover. Art and Culture Lexicon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Springe: zu Klampen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , pp. 148–151; here: p. 149
  6. ↑ oV : Versailles Grand Parc. Catégory Patrimoine militaire (PDF document, illustrated and with a short text in French), last accessed on March 2, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Blondel, Jean-François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blondel, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect, decorator, painter, engraver and illustrator of classicism
DATE OF BIRTH 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1756
Place of death Paris