Jacques Félix Duban () (14 October 1798,

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– 8 October 1870,

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) was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and

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Life and career

Duban 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 ...

in 1823, the most prestigious award of the

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. He was much influenced by his five-year stay in Italy, particularly his sense of color, influenced by the polychrome paintings of ancient Pompeii, newly uncovered Etruscan tombs, and the tradition of the great decorations painted in the Renaissance. By far Duban's most visible work is the main building of the École, undertaken in 1830. The main building, the Palace of Studies, was designed with integral paintings and interior sculpture for artists' education. His redesign and alignment of the entire campus frames the main building from the entrance on Rue Bonaparte. With other expansions towards the Seine, this work was completed around 1861. Duban was elected as member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1854. Among his many students was Charles-Auguste Questel; he was the brother-in-law of fellow architect François Debret.

Work

* Restoration of the castles of Château de Blois, Château de Gaillon, and

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* Completion and restoration of the Apollo Gallery in the

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, beginning in 1848. It reflects and reinforces its structure and repairs coverage that protects the valuable decorated barrel vault, built in 1661 on the orders of the young Louis XIV. * Restoration of the

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, with Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lassus and a young

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. * Restoration of various historical monuments and private monuments

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duban 1798 births 1870 deaths 19th-century French architects Prix de Rome for architecture École des Beaux-Arts alumni Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Architects from Paris