Joseph Poelaert
Joseph Poelaert (born March 21, 1817 in Brussels ; † November 3, 1879 there ) was a Belgian architect .
Life
Poelaert studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he was a student of the important neoclassical Belgian architect Tieleman Franciscus Suys . Poelaert's most famous buildings are the monumental Brussels Palace of Justice , which towered over the entire city when it was built , the congress column, which had to be higher than the column on the Place Vendôme in Paris, the Church of Our Lady at Laeken , the reconstruction of the Brussels Opera House La Monnaie / De Cheer up after a fire, as well as numerous government buildings.
Poelaert took pleasure in decorating his buildings with symbols of Greco-Roman mythology, which viewers are happy to look for and try to interpret.
Poelaert died, suddenly and unexpectedly, four years before the completion of his main work, the Palace of Justice. No plans or documents of his work could be found after his death. However, more than 800 architectural drawings have recently been found during renovation work in the basement of the palace. The drawings are to be handed over to the Reichsarchiv by the building management and published in digital form.
Most important work
- Palace of Justice
- Brussels Opera House La Monnaie / De Munt
- Congress pillar
- Liebfrauenkirche in Laken
- Katharinenkirche
The largest square in Brussels is named after Joseph Poelaert ( place Poelaert / Poelaertplein ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Die kleine Enzyklopädie , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, Volume 2, page 377
- ↑ Publications of the building management buildingsagency.be - Brussel - Het justititepaleis ( Memento des original of September 20, 2015 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.
- ↑ Image of the Sint-Katelijnekerk at flickr.com
- ^ Description of Poelaert Square in Brussels at ebru.be
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poelaert, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1879 |
| Place of death | Brussels |