Joseph-Antoine Froelicher

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Joseph-Antoine Froelicher (born November 2, 1790 in Solothurn as Josef-Anton Froelicher , † January 9, 1866 in Paris ) was a Swiss - French architect who built buildings for the nobility in France in the first half of the 19th century.

Life

Joseph-Antoine Froelicher came from a patrician family in Solothurn. Froelicher began his architecture studies first in Switzerland and then received a government grant to continue in Paris. From 1809, he was there as a student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts enrolled . In 1810 he was naturalized in France.

As an architect of numerous families of the French high nobility , he built castles and palaces for these . He became the official architect of the Duchess de Berry , for whom he expanded the castle in Rosny-sur-Seine . As a monarchist , he faced many difficulties after the revolution of 1830.

Froelicher is the father-in-law of the architect Henri Parent .

Buildings (selection)

Collège latin, Neuchâtel
  • Hôtel de Castries in Paris (72, rue de Varenne, 7th arrondissement )
  • Hôtel de Montmorency-Luxembourg (Crédit National) in Paris (45, rue Saint-Dominique, 7th arrondissement)
  • Hôtel des Maisons in Paris (51, rue de l'Université, 7th arrondissement)
  • Château de Bonnelles in Bonnelles ( Yvelines department )
  • Château de Rosny-sur-Seine (Yvelines)
  • Hospice Saint-Charles, Rosny-sur-Seine (Yvelines)
  • Collège latin, Neuchâtel (Switzerland), today the public library of the University of Neuchâtel

literature

  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (eds.): Dictionnaire des monuments de Paris . Editions Hervas, Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 .
  • Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des monuments d'Île-de-France. Paris 2001 (1st edition 1999), ISBN 2-84334-002-0 .
  • François Macé de Lépinay, De Soleure au Faubourg Saint-Germain: Joseph-Antoine Froelicher (1790-1866): architecte de la duchesse de Berry . in: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History = Revue suisse d'art et d'archéologie , 33 (1976), pp. 211–223, doi : 10.5169 / seals-166565
  • Article Froelicher, Joseph-Antoine in: Saur General Artists Dictionary , Vol. 45: Freyer - Fryderyk . Munich 2005. ISBN 3-598-22785-X . Pp. 372-373.

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personal data
SURNAME Froelicher, Joseph-Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Froelicher, Josef-Anton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-French architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1866
Place of death Paris