Paul-René-Léon Ginain (5 October 1825,

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- 7 March 1898, Paris) was a French architect.

Life and works

He studied with Louis-Hippolyte Lebas at the

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. After having won the

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in 1852, he stayed at the

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in Rome from 1853 to 1857. As the official

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, he was in charge of the 6th Arrondissement. He was also a professor at the École. His notable students there include Emmanuel Masqueray and

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. In 1881, he was elected to the

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, where he took Seat #3 for architecture, succeeding

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(deceased). Between 1867 and 1876, together with

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and Eugène Bonté, he worked on rebuilding the church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs, which had been destroyed during the

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. In 1878, he was commissioned by

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to build the for retired domestic workers, in

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, a project which occupied him for ten years. Shortly after, she also commissioned him to design the

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and supervise its construction, which would occupy him until 1894. He was initially interred at the

Cimetière de Montmartre The Cemetery of Montmartre (french: link=no, Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis ...

, but his remains were transferred to the

Cimetière du Montparnasse Montparnasse Cemetery (french: link=no, Cimetière du Montparnasse) is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery ...

in 1911.Registre journalier d'inhumation de Paris Montparnasse de 1911, en date du 9 décembre (vue 18/31)
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