Tieleman Franciscus Suys

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TF Suys

Tieleman Franciscus Suys also Tilman-François Suys (* July 1, 1783 in Ostend ; † July 11, 1861 at Munken Castle in Wingene , south of Bruges ) was a 19th century Dutch / Belgian architect from Flanders . As court architect of the Dutch King Willem I and the Belgian King Leopold I , he was one of the outstanding architects of the northern and southern Netherlands of his time. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of classicism and eclecticism .

Surname

The surname Suys is pronounced 'sö'is'. (In Dutch, the letter U is normally pronounced like the German Ü. However, if the U is followed by an I or a Y, the U is more similar to the German letter Ö.) Different versions of the name are used. While the spelling Tieleman Frans Suys is used in the Dutch-speaking area, the form of the name Tilman-François Suys is used in the French-speaking area . Occasionally there are also combinations of the name as Tieleman-François Suijs or Tilman-Francis Suys .

Life

He was born in Oostende in 1783 as Tieleman Franciscus Suys . He studied in Bruges and Paris and won a study trip to Rome in 1812, where he stayed until 1815. Because of the changed political situation he then had to leave Rome. From 1816 to 1819 he went on an extensive study trip through Italy, which was financed by King Wilhelm I. Among other things, he carried out a thorough survey of the “Palazzo Massimi alle Colonne”, which was later published in Paris.

Finally he went to Amsterdam with his wife Rosalie and settled there. This is also where his two children were born. He now worked as an architect for the crown of the then relatively young United Netherlands ( Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ). In 1820 the king appointed him professor of architecture at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.

From 1825 he also worked in Brussels, which was the second capital of the United Netherlands alongside The Hague. After the Belgian Revolution of 1830 , Suys stayed in Brussels, but continued to work in the northern Netherlands. The Belgian king also valued the architect, made him court architect and had a number of projects implemented under his leadership, such as the Leopold Quarter with Leopold Park in Brussels.

From 1835 to 1861 TF Suys worked as a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and thus became a teacher of important Belgian architects such as Hendrik Beyaert , Joseph Poelaert and Alphonse Balat . Through this teaching activity he had a significant influence on 19th century Belgian architecture in terms of classicism and eclecticism. Another well-known student of Suys was the eclectic Belgian architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar , originally from the northern Netherlands , who also worked in the area around Aachen .

In July of the year 1861 (according to other sources 1864) Suys died at Munken Castle , the estate of his son-in-law. The castle is located in Wingene near Bruges .

In Eindhoven a street was named after him, as he is considered the most important representative of classicism in the Netherlands. Suys was also a member of the Koninklijk Nederlands instituut .

family

He was married to Rosalie Sophie de Ridder , born in Ostend. The couple had three children. In 1820 daughter Louise was born in Ostend as the first child. This was followed by Leon Pieter Suys , born on June 14, 1823 in Amsterdam, and Hortense Therese Suys , born on June 27, 1825, also in Amsterdam. Rosalie de Ridder died shortly after the birth of her daughter on July 4, 1825 in childbed. His son Leon Pieter also became a well-known Belgian architect, but today he mostly appears in the French version of the name Léon-Pierre Suys . Among other things, he designed the eclectic building of the Brussels Stock Exchange (1868–1875).

Work

In the northern Netherlands (from 1839: Kingdom of the Netherlands) he was involved in the following building construction and renovations:

  • Organ case with pulpit in the New Lutheran Church ( Ronde Lutherse Kerk ) in Amsterdam 1826
  • of the Utrecht country estate Het Hoogeland in 1824,
  • of the west portal at St. Martinus Cathedral in Utrecht in 1824,
  • of St. Anthony of Padua Church ( Mozes-en-Aaronkerk ) at Waterloo Square in Amsterdam from 1837 to 1841,
  • of Teresa of Avila Church ( Teresiakerk ) in The Hague from 1839 to 1841
  • and also in The Hague the no longer existing Boskantkerk from 1843 to 1845,
  • and the St. Antonius Church ( Groenmarktkerk ) in Haarlem in 1844.

He was involved in Brussels and the southern Netherlands (from 1839: Kingdom of Belgium) in the construction and renovation of the following buildings,

  • of the Royal Palace in Brussels from 1827 to 1829, although the north facade designed by Suys towards the Warandepark was removed in 1904.
  • of the Palace of the Prince of Orange in Brussels from 1820 to 1826 (today's Palace of the Academies ),
  • the striking greenhouses in the Botanical Garden of Brussels (St-Joost-ten-Noode), (Suys' plans were carried out in a slightly different form by PF Gineste from 1826 to 1829),
  • des Halletores , the last preserved city gate of Brussels, today a museum,
  • the left wing and the garden wing at the Egmont Palace (former Arenberg Palace) at the Kleiner Zavel in Brussels from 1830,
  • of the Leopold Quarter and Leopold Park in Brussels,
  • of the Boechout Castle in the National Botanical Garden of Belgium , in Meise north of Brussels,
  • Pavilions and orangeries in Tervuren , east of Brussels,
  • St. Joseph's Church made of blue stone in neo-baroque style in Brussels after 1842,
  • St. Jacob's Church on Koudenberg in Brussels in 1849 (including the bell tower),
  • and St. George's Church ( Sint-Joriskerk ) in Antwerp from 1847 to 1850.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Suys, Tilleman Franciscus - Overleden op 't Slot Munken, bij Br, 1861 . Personal details about Suys on the website of the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi)
  2. ↑ The German city of Duisburg is therefore pronounced like "Düüsburg" in High German, but like "Döisbürch" in Dutch
  3. ^ Biography of TF Suys at: suijs.org
  4. ↑ Suys in Italy at: treccani.it
  5. ↑ The castle is now called Kasteel Munkegoed and is located in Wingene, West-Vlaanderen. On the website of the Flemish Building Heritage Administration, it is noted that in the mid-19th century the castle was still called "oud Munke Casteel" and that Constantinus Ophoven-Suys, a citizen of Brussels, was named as the owner: onroerenderfgoed.be - Kasteel Munkegoed . Ophoven-Suys was married to Louise Suys, the eldest daughter of TF Suys.
  6. ^ "... died at Munken Castle in Wingene near Bruges" on page 444 in Hans Naef, The portrait drawings by J.-A.-D. Ingres, Volume 4, University of Michigan, Benteli, 1977 " ... Munken Castle near Bruges, where Suys died of his illness on July 11, 1861, belongs to the Wingene community, whose registry office has his death certificate " in Hans Naef, Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1980), The portrait drawings by J.-A.-D. Ingres- Volume 2, page 274
  7. ^ Family of TF Suys at: suijs.org
  8. ↑ J. Happee, JLJ Meiners, M. Mostert (ed.): De Lutheranen in Amsterdam (1588-1988) . Hilversum 1988, p.59
personal data
SURNAME Suys, Tieleman Franciscus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suys, Tieleman Frans; Suys, Tilman-François; Suijs, Tieleman-François; Suys, Tilman-Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH East End
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1861
Place of death Bruges