Jean Camille Formigé

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Jean Camille Formigé (1889)
Crematorium in the Pere Lachaise cemetery
Viaduc d'Austerlitz on Métrolinie 5
Viaduc du Pont de Bir-Hakeim on Metro line 6
Quai de la Gare elevated railway station designed by Formigé
Square Willette below the Sacré-Cœur
Monument to Jean-Charles Alphand on Avenue Foch in Paris

Jean Camille Formigé (* 24. July 1845 in Le Bouscat ; † 28. August 1926 in Montfermeil ) was a French architect , in Paris , the greenhouses of Auteuil , two exhibition halls for World Expo 1889 , viaducts of the Métro and several grave monuments in the cemetery Père-Lachaise built.

career

In 1861 Jean Camille Formigé entered the École des Arts décoratifs . In 1865 he was accepted into the École nationale des beaux-arts in the Atelier Charles Laisné . Following his training, he worked for monument preservation ( Monument historique ).

In 1884 he was appointed Architecte des promenades et plantations of the city of Paris, an office which he held until 1919 and in which he was responsible for the city's green spaces and cemeteries. After the death of Théodore Ballu (1817–1885), Jean Camille Formigé continued the reconstruction of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. He had work carried out in the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes . He built a crematorium and a columbarium at the Pére Lachaise cemetery . At the Eiffel Tower he redesigned the Champ de Mars and created the Square Willette park below the Sacré-Cœur church . He built the greenhouses of Auteuil , viaducts of the metro at the long-distance train station Paris-Austerlitz and on the bridge Pont de Bir-Hakeim (until 1949: Pont de Passy) and elevated railway stations . He also designed numerous smaller parks, so-called squares , in Paris. He designed monuments for cemeteries and public spaces in Paris as well as monuments a. a. for Léon Gambetta in Bordeaux , for Lazare Hoche in Quiberon , for Louis Faidherbe in Lille , for Jules Ferry in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .

From 1883 he was the diocesan architect of the dioceses of Auch , Meaux and Laval, responsible for their cathedrals . From 1890 to 1901 he was a member of the Commission des Monuments historiques . In 1892 he became the chief architect for the preservation of monuments. In this role he directed the restoration of the former abbey church of Sainte-Foy in Conques , the churches of Poitiers , the former abbey church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe in Saint-Savin , the churches of Chauvigny and Poissy and the Roman theater of Orange . In 1898 he was the chief architect in the reconstruction of the tapestry factory in Paris.

In addition to the orders that he carried out for the French state and the city of Paris, he built an orphanage in Clichy , a church in Deux-Évailles in the Mayenne department , private houses in Paris and villas in Évian-les-Bains , Montfermeil , Orange, Soulac -sur-Mer and Reims .

He was buried in the Passy cemetery.

Jean Camille Formigé is the father of the architect Jules Formigé (1879–1960), who was also active in the preservation of monuments.

Prizes and awards

  • 1875: 3rd prize at the Salon de Paris
  • 1876: 2nd prize at the Salon de Paris
  • 1876: Prix Duc
  • 1878: 2nd prize at the world exhibition
  • 1881: Honorary Prize from the Salon de Paris
  • 1885: Knight of the Legion of Honor
  • 1886: 1st prize in the competition for the 1889 World's Fair
  • 1889: Officer of the Legion of Honor
  • 1889: Commander of the Order of the Crown of Romania
  • 1904: Officer of the Tunisian Nishan el Iftikhar -Ordens
  • 1908: Officer of the Mérite agricole (Order of Merit for Agriculture)

In addition, Jean Camille Formigé was a member of the jury of the École des Beaux-Arts and in 1926 president of the jury of the salon.

In 1932 a street in the 15th arrondissement of Paris was named after him, also in orange and a square in Fréjus .

Buildings and parks (selection)

In Paris

Outside Paris

Restorations

The work in Orange and Arles continued under his son Jules Formigé.

Excavations

literature

  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Editions Hervas, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-84334-001-2 .
  • Jean Formige. Architecte, Membre de l'Institut, 1845-1926 . In: L'Architecture . February 15, 1927.

Web links

Commons : Jean Camille Formigé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julian Pepinster: Le métro de Paris . Éditions La Vie du Rail, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-918758-12-9 , p. 105 .
personal data
SURNAME Formigé, Jean Camille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Bouscat , France
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1926
Place of death Montfermeil , France