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Louis-Jules André (24 June 1819 – 30 January 1890) was a French academic architect and the head of an important ''atelier'' at the

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Biography

Born in Paris, André attended the

and took 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 architecture in 1847, attending the

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in Rome from 1848 through 1852, with some time spent in

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and

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. His best-known work was probably carried out for the French National Museum of Natural History : the ''galerie de Zoologie'' ('Gallery of Zoology', since 1994 renamed as "Gallery of Evolution") in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, a transitional work combining classical rhythms and ornamental details with cast-iron structure and a glass roof. Also for the French Museum of Natural History, André designed a large greenhouse, the first ''jardin d'hiver'' (winter garden) in the ''Jardin des Plantes''. Inaugurated in 1889, this large greenhouse was demolished in 1934 and replaced on the same footprint by the current ''jardin d'hiver'' of the ''Jardin des Plantes'', inaugurated in 1937 and designed by architect René-Félix Berger (1878-1954). Among other honors André was a Commander of the Legion of Honor.

Atelier André

The ''atelier André'' (the André workshop) produced some 500 students altogether, eight winners of the Prix de Rome, and even an alumni association founded in 1883 with 140 members. The graduates included: *

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(1870–1942), French architect *

Louis Bonnier Louis Bernard Bonnier (14 June 1856 – 16 September 1946) was a French architect known for his work as an urban planner for the city of Paris. He was instrumental in loosening the restrictions on the appearance of buildings in Paris, which result ...

(1856–1946), French architect and urban planner * Warren Richard Briggs (1850–1933), American architect * Julien Guadet (1834–1908), French architect and theorist of architectural composition *

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(1860–1929), American architect, later of

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. *

Victor Laloux Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux (15 November 1850 – 13 July 1937) was a French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher. Life Born in Tours, Laloux studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André, with his studies ...

(1850–1937), French architect who would in turn head the workshop after André's death *

Bernard Maybeck Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley. Most of his major buildings were in ...

(1862–1957), American architectPraeger encyclopedia of art, Volume 4, pg. 1333 *

Emmanuel Pontremoli Emmanuel Pontremoli (13 January 1865 – 25 July 1956) was a French architect and archaeologist. Biography Born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, a student in the ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André, in 1890 he won the Prix de Rome in the architect ...

(1865–1956), French architect and archaeologist *

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Guillaume Tronchet Guillaume Tronchet (22 October 1867 – 7 February 1959) was a French architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Life Tronchet was born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne. ...

(1867–1959), French architect

References

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