HP Nénot membre de l'Institut, vers 1900

Henri Paul Nénot (27 May 1853 – 1934) was a noted French

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Biography

Nénot was born in

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. After his initial training in an architectural workshop, he entered the studio of

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at the

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while also working for various architects, including Charles Garnier. He was in residence at the

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1878–1881. In 1882 Nénot began his career, during which he was appointed architect of the

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, which remains his great work, as well as designing other university buildings in Paris and a number of private residential and commercial buildings. In 1895 he was elected department chair for architecture in the

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. His last position was Director General for the architecture of the

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, where he died in an accident.

Principal works

* 1875: école normale d'

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, with sculptor

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* 1882–1901: new

, 5th arrondissement * 1887: tomb of Mlle Labiche in the cemetery of Béville-le-Comte * 1888: building for M. Quettier at

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* 1891: building for MM. Labiche and Gréard, rue Guynemer, 6th arrondissement * 1893: house for M. Richardot at

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* 1896: monument to commandant Rolland at Bourget * 1900: monument to

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, avenue Rey in

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(

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) * 1900: hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency, 34

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, 16th arrondissement * 1905: headquarters of the Banque Louis Dreyfus, 10–12 rue de la banque, 2nd arrondissement * 1907: hôtel Meurice, 238

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, 1st arrondissement * 1909: monument to Octave Gréard sq. Paul-Painlevé, 5th arrondissement with sculptor

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* 1910–1926: Institut de chimie, now

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, 5th arrondissement * 1911:

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, 195, rue Saint-Jacques, 5th arrondissement * 1911-1913: Headquarters of the

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at 1, rue d'Astorg in Paris * 1914–1926: Institut de géographie, 5th arrondissement * 1921: building for Dreyfus, 410 Av. Alem,

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* 1922–1928: Place Carnegie de Fargniers, now commune de

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(

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(an ensemble comprising la mairie, un bureau de poste, un poste de police, une pompe, une halle, une salle d' assemblée, le foyer Carnegie, un établissement de bains, des écoles, des espaces verts et de jeux) (inscrit MH) * 1925: monument to the war dead 1914–1918 in the

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cemetery (

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) * 1930: Le Paladium bd du Tsarévitch at

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with Edmond Labbé * 1931–1937:

of the

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with Julien Flegenheimer,

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, Carlo Broggi and Jozsef VagoJean-Claude Pallas, ''Histoire et architecture du Palais des Nations (1924–2001)'', Publications des Nations unies, 200

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Notes

References

* A. Louvet, "Paul-Henri Nénot (1853–1934)", ''L'Architecture'', 1935, n° 7, pp. 241–244. * Jean Favier, "Le Palais de la Société des nations à Genève", ''La Construction moderne'', n°2, 10 oct. 1937, pp. 26–36. * Jean Favier, "La rétrospective Paul-Henri Nénot (1853–1934)", ''La Construction moderne'', n°32, 17 juil. 1938, pp. 527–531.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nenot, Henri Paul 1853 births 1934 deaths Architects from Paris 19th-century French architects 20th-century French architects École des Beaux-Arts alumni Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Prix de Rome for architecture