Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar (1811–1880) was a

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architect. He is the father of the

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Family

He was born in

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in the

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as a son of Joannes Kluysenaar and Garidenia Kluysenaar, a Dutch family of architects and engineers. Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar was the father of the

. His descendants became famous Belgian painters, sculptors and architects. During the

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his family settled in the southern Belgian provinces.

Career

Cluysenaar studied architecture at the

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in Brussels under

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. His teacher influenced him in his preference for the architecture of the

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. Cluysenaer had a talent for business. He took the initiative for some very profitable real estate projects - such as the

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- in which he played the double role of architect and co-financier. He also had a good reputation amongst the

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and high bourgeoisie. He received many commissions for designing large town houses (so called "Hôtels"), Mansions and

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's. He was always prepared to adapt his designs to the desires and taste of his elite patrons. The many private mansions he built greatly differ in style. Cluysenaar designed elegant Palladian villa's as well as more sturdy

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castles. His stylistic versatility is also apparent in the many public buildings he designed such as the

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, Koninklijk Conservatorium/Conservatoire Royal in

and the "

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" railway station in Aalst.

List of works

A brief selection of the more than 200 projects in which Cluysenaar was involved: "Châteaux" and other private residences De Viron Castle (DSC 2198)

* "Hôtel" of baron Brugmann, rue d’Arenberg, Brussels (1844) * "Hôtel Nagelmackers",

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(1846) *

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"de Bavay",

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(1851) *

Rey, today town hall of

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(1852–1853) *

of comte

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in Argenteuil near Waterloo (1856–1858) * Hôtels de Meeûs, square Frère-Orban in

(1861) *

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, currently town hall of

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(1862) *

of Vieux-Sart, Corroy-le-Grand (1864) * Mansion of the violoncellist

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in Halle (1859) public buildings * "Kiosque" in the park of Brussels (1840) *

, shopping arcade, Brussels (1845–1847) * Concert Hall in

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, Germany (1846) * "Panorama de la rue Royale" stairs and terraces surrounding the

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, Brussels, 1847 (demolished) * Marché de la Madeleine (Magdalenamarkt) covered market, Brussels (1847) (partly demolished) * Galerie Borthier, shopping arcade, Brussels (1848) * Railway stations for the "Société Dendre et Waes" in:

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(1856), Aalst (1856), Zandbergen (1860). * "Hôpital des Aveugles", (home for blind people), Porte de Hal/Hallepoort, Brussels (1852). * "Église de fer" (iron church) in Argenteuil ( Waterloo) (1855–1862). * Theatre and "Kurhaus" in

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(1851, 1862–1866) *

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, rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat,

, (1872–1876)

References

Fanny Cluysenaar (Madame Veuve Henry Heymans), ''Les Cluysenaar: une famille d’artistes'', Brussels, Weissenbruch, 1928. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cluysenaar, Jean-Pierre 1811 births 1880 deaths Jean-Pierre People from Kampen, Overijssel 19th-century Belgian architects