Paul Sédille

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Paul Sédille (* 1836 ; † 1900 ) was a French architect , architectural theorist and painter. His most important work was the redesign of the Printemps department store in Paris .

Life

As a contemporary theorist and critic, Sédille dealt with the Viennese architecture of the 1880s. He was the only Frenchman of his time who traced architectural theory back to Gottfried Semper's origins . Until his death he directed the work on the basilica of Bois-Chenu .

literature

  • Max Contag: The new “Magasin au Printemps” building in Paris. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung. Journal for National Building Design (DBZ), vol. 20 (1886), p. 33f.
  • Albert Hofmann : The French Architecture of the Third Republic. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung. Journal for National Building Design (DBZ), vol. 21 (1887), pp. 38, 127.
  • Charles Lucas: Necrology . M. Paul Sédille. In: La construction modern , 2nd series, vol. 15 (1900), pp. 179-80, ISSN  0010-6852 .
  • Étienne Lucien: La vie et les ouvrages de Paul Sédille. In: L'Architecture , Jg. 13 (1900), pp. 305-8, 313-15.

swell

  • Encyclopédie d'architecture. Revue mensuelle des travaux publics et particuliers , 3rd series, vol. 4 (1885), pp. 1-35 and the tables pp. 860f., 896f., 899, 919, 927f., 931, 941, 965, 981f. , 992, 997f., 1004-6.
  • Robin D. Middleton: Paul Sédille . In: Adolf K. Placzek (Ed.): The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, Vol. 4 . Free Press, New York 1982, pp. 20-21, ISBN 0-02-925040-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see also: Havestadt & Contag
personal data
SURNAME Sédille, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect, architectural theorist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1836
DATE OF DEATH 1900