Georges-Robert Lefort (27 February 1875 – December 1954) was a French architect. At least three of his works have been designated national historical monuments.
Birth and education
Georges-Robert Lefort was born on 27 February 1875 in Paris. His father was employed by the
Crédit Foncier de France
Crédit Foncier de France (CFF) was a major French bank, active from 1852 to 2019 when its activities were entirely subsumed into Groupe BPCE, although the brand name appears to remain active.
History
The Crédit Foncier (English: landed cred ...
. He obtained a bachelor's degree in science, then studied architecture under François Goemans from 1895 to 1896. He was admitted to the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...
of Paris, where he was a pupil of
Edmond Jean Baptiste Paulin. He won several prizes and medals between 1899 and 1903.
Career
Lefort settled in
Guingamp at the start of the 20th century, and was to become the leading architect in Brittany. He was appointed architect for the town of
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
in 1910. Between 1923 and 1942 he was architect for the Historical Monuments department of the
Ministry of Culture. From 1923 to 1934 he was a professor at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, and from 1935 to 1947 he was a director of this school. He was actively involved in associations such as the Syndicat des architectes du Nord-Ouest and the Association provinciale des architectes français. Lefort died in December 1954 at the age of 79.
Selected works
Lefort designed many buildings in Brittany.
His work was varied in style. The hospital in Guingamp was severely neo-classical, while the Saint-Brieuc savings bank was richly eclectic. He also drew on the local Breton architectural tradition, which he found an important source of inspiration.
His works include:
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1875 births
1954 deaths
Architects from Paris
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
20th-century French architects