Édouard Delaporte (14 November 1909 – 6 July 1983) was a French painter, architect, and sculptor.

Biography

Delaporte was born in Paris in 1909. In 1929, at age 20, he began painting. He graduated from the

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts The (), formally the (), is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-G ...

in Paris, and in 1937. he became an architect certified by the government. In 1939. he was drafted to serve in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. After the war, in 1946, Delaporte left France and moved to

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ...

, Morocco. For ten years he built many public buildings, villas, and private homes. In 1956, when Morocco gained independence, he returned to France and settled in

Antibes Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Ca ...

. In 1978 he moved to Saint-Jeannet, a small town in the interior of

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million

Architecture

Among the best and most famous architectural works of Édouard Delaporte include the following: *Foch Stadium Gymnasium in Rabat *Ben Kemoun residential block in Rabat, Morocco 1952 *Border crossing in Khedadra *North Perceptions Rabat *House for an architect in Rabat *Villa in Salé, Morocco *Villa Menguy in Rabat, Morocco 1952

References

1909 births 1983 deaths École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French sculptors 20th-century French male artists Architects from Paris 20th-century French architects French expatriates in Morocco {{France-architect-stub