Jean-Jacques-Marie Huvé (28 April 1783,

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– 23 November 1852,

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) was a French architect who practiced in

, working in a neoclassical manner that he refined working in the ''atelier'' of

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, Napoleon's chief architects.

Biography

He was the son of the architect,

Jean-Jacques Huvé Jean-Jacques Huvé (22 June 1742, Boinvilliers - 24 May 1808, Versailles) was a French architect in the Palladian style. Biography He was the first of nine children born to Jean Huvé (1707-1785), a clerk for the tax-farmer, , and his wife, Ca ...

, from whom he received his earliest instruction. He was named supervisor of the works at the

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in 1808, and at the decease of its architect, , in 1828, he was called upon to bring the work to completion. His tenacity finally pressed the government to release the funding that permitted the church to be completed in 1842. He was appointed architect of the Royal Mails, was admitted a member of the

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(the

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's architecture, music, and fine arts section) and served as president of the Société des Beaux-Arts. As a teacher, he trained renowned architect

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in his studio. At the

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, his notable students included and . His only son, Félix Huvé (1816-1887), was Mayor of

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Principal works

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, Paris, which he finished 1828-42 * Château de Saint-Ouen, built on behalf of

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for

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, 1821-1822. *

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Salle Ventadour The Salle Ventadour, a former Parisian theatre in the rue Neuve-Ventadour, now the rue Méhul (2nd arrondissement of Paris), was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Opéra-Comique, to designs by Jacques-Marie Huvé, a prominent architect. The ori ...

, 1826–1829

Sources

* Bruno Centorame (Ed.), ''Autour de la Madeleine: art, littérature et société'', Paris, AAVP, 2005. * Louis Hautecoeur, ''Histoire de l'architecture classique en France'', Paris, Picard, 1943-1957. * François Loyer, ''Histoire de l'architecture française. T. 3, De la Révolution à nos jours'', Paris, Mengès-CNMHS, 1999.

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