Albert Mangonès (26 March 1917 – 25 April 2002), was a

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an architect.

Biography

Albert Mangonès was born the son of Fernande Elisabeth Auguste and Philippe Auguste Edmond Mangonès on March 26, 1917, in

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. Like most children of Haitian elite, Albert Mangonès was sent away to study abroad. Mangonès was trained at the

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, one of Europe's most prestigious institutions, and at

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in New York where he studied architecture between 1939 and 1942, where he received a gold medal for excellence. He was a friend of artist

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in college, and they were roommates at Cornell.Smith, Griffith "Haiti Art Showcased". ''

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. In 1944, Albert Mangonès was one of the founders of the

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in Port-au-Prince, which plays an important role in the discovery of popular painters of Haiti. In 1968 Mangonès created the iconic monument of Le Marron Inconnu ("The Unknown Slave"), which pay tribute to the maroons of the Haitian Revolution. As the founder in 1979 of Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National (ISPAN), the Institute for the Protection of the National Heritage, Mangonès helped pioneer the preservation of Haiti's architectural heritage. He participated in the restoration of the Citadelle Laferrière, and the historic National Park including the Sans-Souci Palace and the ''Ramiers'' site in the

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department of Haiti, a

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Personal life

Mangonès married Emmelyne Bonnefil in 1944, they were later divorced; and he married Vonik Tourdot in 1959, and they remained married until his death in 2002; she died in

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in 2006.

References

* Arnold Antonin, ''Albert Mangonès, l'espace public'', vidéo, 52 min, 2003.

External links

*Collectif 2004 Images
Albert Mangonès : l'espace public d'Arnold Antonin
*LA Times Newspaper

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Chapo Ba, Albert Mangonès, Architect and Sculptor (1917-2002)
Haitian architects Haitian sculptors Deaths from cancer in Florida 20th-century Haitian sculptors 20th-century Haitian painters 20th-century Haitian male artists Haitian male painters Cornell University alumni 1917 births 2002 deaths Haitian expatriates in Belgium Haitian expatriates in the United States {{Caribbean-sculptor-stub