Jean Beausire

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Jean Beausire (born February 26, 1651 in Paris , † March 20, 1743 ibid) was a French architect who assumed the function of Maître général, contrôleur et inspecteur des bâtiments de la Ville de Paris under Louis XIV and Louis XV. held.

Life

Jean Beausire grew up as the son of a bricklayer in the Saint-Séverin district of Paris. In 1670 he married Marie Roman, with whom he had eight sons, five of whom died in childhood. After the death of his first wife in 1679, he married Marie-Catherine Le Trotteur, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. He and his second wife had 19 children, many of whom worked in his company building and maintaining the fountains in Paris.

With the support of his rich father-in-law, Jean Beausire bought the office of Maître maçon de la Ville de Paris ( master mason of the city of Paris ) in 1683 . In 1690 he was appointed Contrôleur des bâtiments de la Ville de Paris by Louis XIV . In 1706 these two offices were combined and under the title Maître général, contrôleur et inspecteur des bâtiments de la Ville de Paris , Jean Beausire was responsible for all the city's fountains. The new office cost him 50,000 livres and brought him an annual income of 5,000 livres. In addition to building fountains, he received other public building contracts in Paris: in 1689 he erected the monument to Louis XIV on the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville . He was also entrusted with the design of the Place Vendôme and the Place des Victoires . After the fire at the Petit Pont bridge , he created the new stone building from 1718 to 1719. He created a new district between the Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire and the Rue du Temple. In 1716 Jean Beausire was accepted into the Académie royale d'architecture . He died at the old age of 92, and his son Jean-Baptiste Augustin Beausire took over his office. The grandson of Jean Beausire, Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux , was the last architect of the city of Paris under the Ancien Régime . He was guillotined during the Revolution on July 9, 1794 .

Buildings (selection)

Fontaine Boucherat

The following fountains still exist in Paris today:

The following wells were destroyed:

  • Fontaine Saint-Avoye (renovation of an old fountain) (1682)
  • Fontaine Saint-Séverin, (renewal) (1685)
  • Fontaine de l'Échaudé Richelieu (renewal) (1686)
  • Fontaine Saint-Victor (laying of the fountain) (1686)
  • Fontaine de Vendôme (1697)
  • Fontaine Saint-Lazare (1699)
  • Fontaine des Récollets (1700)
  • Fontaine de Paradis ou fontaine du regard de Soubise (Renewal) (1705)
  • Fontaine des Guillemites (1725)
  • Fontaine Sainte-Catherine (renewal) (1707)
  • Fontaine de Louis-le-Grand (1707)
  • Fontaine du regard des Annonciades (1710)
  • Fontaine de Saint-Martin (1712)
  • Fontaine de Montmartre (1713-1715)
  • Fontaine de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1716-1720)
  • Fontaine de la Petite-Halle, (1719)
  • Fontaine de Basfroi, (1719)
  • Fontaine Trogneux or Fontaine de Charonne (1719)
  • Fontaine de la Reine (renewal) (1732)
  • Fontaine Maubuée (renewal) (1733)

Honors

The Rue Jean-Beausire , the Impasse Jean-Beausire and the Passage Jean-Beausire were named after Jean Beausire in the 4th arrondissement of Paris .

literature

  • Jean Colson / Marie-Christine Lauroa (eds.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris. Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , pp. 83, 103, 161, 470, 507, 618, 632.
  • Marie-Hélène Levadé and Hughes Marcouyau: Les fontaines de Paris. L'eau pour le plaisir. Paris and Brussels 2006, ISBN 978-2-915345-05-6 . [not evaluated]

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personal data
SURNAME Beausire, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1743
Place of death Paris