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Achille-François-René Leclère (29 October 1785 – 23 December 1853) was a French
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
and teacher of architecture.
Achille Leclère studied architecture under
Charles Percier and
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (Paris, 18 September 1760 – Thiais, 31 December 1834) was a French author, teacher and architect. He was an important figure in Neoclassicism, and his system of design using simple modular elements anticipated modern ...
. After finishing his studies, he won the 1808
Premier Grand Prix de Rome where the final round topic was, "Public baths in
Paris
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".
In 1813, Leclère made a noted restoration of the
Pantheon
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* Pantheon (religion), a set of gods belonging to a particular religion or tradition, and a temple or sacred building
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*Pantheon (Marvel Comics), a fictional organization
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in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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. Indeed, Achille Leclere's
architectural drawings of the Pantheon are regarded by many as the best ever made.
In 1815, he opened a renowned architectural atelier from which many eminent architects graduated, including the French architects
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and author who restored many prominent medieval landmarks in France, including those which had been damaged or abandoned during the French Revolution. H ...
,
Paul Abadie
Paul Abadie (9 November 1812 – 3 August 1884) was a French architect and building restorer. He is considered a central representative of French historicism. He was the son of architect Paul Abadie Sr.
Abadie worked on the restoration of Not ...
,
Charles Isabelle and Alfred Armand and the English architect
Richard Lane.
He was elected a member of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts
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of the
Institut de France
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in 1831.
References
1785 births
1853 deaths
19th-century French architects
Prix de Rome for architecture
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
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