Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (6 February 1829 – 7 February 1914) was a French architect. He won the

prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated ''

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''.

Life

Entering the

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

in 1847, he apprenticed in the practice of Guillaume Abel Blouet. Winning the ''lauréat du premier grand'' of the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1854, he resided at the

French Academy in Rome The French Academy in Rome (french: Académie de France à Rome) is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio (Pincian Hill) in Rome, Italy. History The Academy was founded at the Palazzo Capranica in 1 ...

at the

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from 20 January 1855 to 31 December 1858. He spent his career as a public architect with several prestigious posts, including

Architect of the City of Paris The Architect of the City of Paris (''Architecte de la ville de Paris'') is the incumbent of a municipal position, responsible for the design and construction of civic projects in Paris. In the Ancien Régime in France, the position of Bâtiments ...

, inspector-general of buildings, member of the Conseil supérieur for prisons and of the Conseil for

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s and

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s, diocesan architect for several départements, and finally teaching at the

, from which he also ran his own practice. Notable among his pupils were

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, and the Americans

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr. Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (September 7, 1845 – August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He fou ...

and

Arthur Rotch Arthur Rotch (May 13, 1850 – August 15, 1894) was an American architect active in Boston, Massachusetts. Early life Rotch was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Benjamin Smith Rotch (1817-1882) and Annie Bigelow Lawrence (1820-1893). His was a pr ...

. In 1867 he was elected to the seventh seat of the

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, architecture section, succeeding

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. He is buried in the cimetière Saint-Véran at

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Work

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Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge Saint-Pierre de Montrouge () is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Petit-Montrouge quarter of the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was built from 1863, during Hausmann's redesign of the city, by Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, the architect ...

, Paris File:Lycée Champollion - Grenoble.JPG,

Lycée Champollion The lycée Champollion or "Champo" is a French secondary school and higher education establishment in Grenoble, at 1 Cours Lafontaine, one block from the Place Victor Hugo. Its present director is M. Neves. It was M. Mattone before him. The seco ...

, Grenoble File:Lycée-Buffon-5.jpg,

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, Paris File:Foyer Jean Bosco 3.jpg, Foyer Jean Bosco, Paris * 1861–1867:

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* 1865–1870:

Saint-Pierre de Montrouge Saint-Pierre de Montrouge () is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Petit-Montrouge quarter of the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was built from 1863, during Hausmann's redesign of the city, by Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, the architect c ...

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(inscribed MH) * 1873: primary school of the Ville de Paris (present-day Collège Alberto Giacometti), 14th arrondissement of Paris * 1873: Commemorative monument of the Battle of Champigny,

Champigny-sur-Marne Champigny-sur-Marne (, literally ''Champigny on Marne'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Name Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ulti ...

* 1877–1879: Protestant Temple of Belleville, 97 rue Julien-Lacroix, 20th arrondissement of Paris * 1877–1892:

Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil Notre-Dame d'Auteuil () is a Roman Catholic parish church on the Auteuil hill in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. History Auteuil was originally a hamlet and commune with its own parish, and it was only in 1860 that it was merged into Paris. ...

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* 1879: Episcopal Palace,

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* 1882: Villa Collin,

Fourqueux Fourqueux () is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It is a small suburb 20 km west of Paris. It is known for hav ...

, for Armand Collin (a watchmaker and friend of Vaudremer's) (classed MH) * 1882–1887: boys' lycée (present-day

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* 1883–1886: girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Michelet),

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* 1885: Collège Guettard,

Étampes Étampes () is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southwest from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Étampes is a sub-prefecture of the Essonne department. Étampes, together with the neighboring c ...

* 1885–1888: boys' lycée (present-day

15th arrondissement of Paris 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicious nu ...

* 1886–1888: former girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Molière), 16th arrondissement of Paris * 1890–1895:

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, 5–7 rue Bizet, 16th arrondissement of Paris, commissioned by Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (inscribed MH) * 1896–1897: home for the aged (present-day Foyer Jean Bosco), 23 rue Varize, 16th arrondissement of Paris, commissioned by Schilizzi * 1897: flats, 27 avenue Georges-Mandel, 16th arrondissement of Paris (inscribed MH) * 1900–1903:

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts () is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 66 Avenue Ledru Rollin in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. (Mailing address: 57 rue Traversière, 75012 Paris.) History Before the French Revolution, the territor ...

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Notes

Bibliography

* Alice Thomine, ''Émile Vaudremer (1829-1914), la rigueur de l'architecture publique'', (Librairie de l'architecture et de la ville.) 382 p. Paris: Picard, 2004 (published version of the author's thesis)

External links

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Notice on Vaudremer
in ''Répertoire des architectes diocésains'' on the

École des chartes École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

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