Charles André (1841 – 1928) 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 ...
, son of François André and among the first in a long line of French architects in the André family.
He specialized in
Haussmannian architecture, a style which became extremely prominent throughout France in the 19th Century.
Beginning in 1901, he was a member of the
École de Nancy
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...
.
Along with his son,
Émile André
François-Émile André (August 22, 1871 – March 10, 1933) was a French architect, artist, and furniture designer. He was the son of the architect of Charles André and the father of two other architects, Jacques and Michel André.
Life ...
, and
Eugène Vallin
Eugène Vallin (1856 – 21 July 1922) was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect.
Life and career
Vallin was born at Herbéviller, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. He was apprenticed in the stu ...
, he was the architect of the Vaxelaire & Compagnie department store in Nancy, built between 1899 and 1901.
References
1841 births
1928 deaths
Art Nouveau architects
19th-century French architects
Members of the École de Nancy
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