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 ''
monuments historiques
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
''.
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 Scien ...
in 1847, he apprenticed in the practice of
Guillaume Abel Blouet
Guillaume-Abel Blouet (6 October 1795 – 7 May 1853) was a French architect who specialised in prison design.
Biography
Blouet was born at Passy. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1821 at the École des Beaux-Arts, entitling him to five years' ...
. 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 16 ...
at the
Villa Medici
The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Med ...
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, inspector-general of buildings, member of the Conseil supérieur for prisons and of the Conseil for
collège
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
s and
lycée
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
s, diocesan architect for several départements, and finally teaching at 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 Scien ...
, from which he also ran his own practice. Notable among his pupils were
Jacques Hermant, 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 ...
.
In 1867 he was elected to the seventh seat of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
, architecture section, succeeding
Alphonse de Gisors
Alphonse-Henri Guy de Gisors (3 September 1796 – 18 August 1866) was a 19th-century French architect, a member of the Gisors family of architects and prominent government administrators responsible for the construction and preservation of many ...
. He is buried in the cimetière Saint-Véran at
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune ha ...
.
Work
File:Carrefour Alesia 1.JPG, Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge, 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 secon ...
, Grenoble
File:Lycée-Buffon-5.jpg, Lycée Buffon
The Lycée Buffon is a secondary school in the XVe arrondissement of Paris, bordered by boulevard Pasteur, the rue de Vaugirard and the rue de Staël. Its nearest métro station is Pasteur. It is named for Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buf ...
, Paris
File:Foyer Jean Bosco 3.jpg, Foyer Jean Bosco, Paris
* 1861–1867:
Prison de la Santé,
13th arrondissement of Paris
The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''.
The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...
* 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 ...
,
14th arrondissement of Paris
The 14th arrondissement of Paris ( ), officially named ''arrondissement de l'Observatoire'' (; meaning "arrondissement of the Observatory", after the Paris Observatory), is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. It is situa ...
(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 ul ...
* 1877–1879: Protestant Temple of Belleville, 97 rue Julien-Lacroix,
20th arrondissement of Paris
The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the ''XXe arrondissement de Paris'' or simply as "''le vingtième''") is the last of the consecutively numbered arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also known as Ménilmontant () aft ...
* 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. ...
,
16th arrondissement of Paris
The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''.
The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de T ...
* 1879: Episcopal Palace,
Beauvais
Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris.
The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populo ...
* 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 h ...
, for Armand Collin (a watchmaker and friend of Vaudremer's) (classed MH)
* 1882–1887: boys' lycée (present-day
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 secon ...
),
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
* 1883–1886: girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Michelet),
Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, ...
* 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 ...
* 1885–1888: boys' lycée (present-day
Lycée Buffon
The Lycée Buffon is a secondary school in the XVe arrondissement of Paris, bordered by boulevard Pasteur, the rue de Vaugirard and the rue de Staël. Its nearest métro station is Pasteur. It is named for Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buf ...
),
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 ...
* 1886–1888: former girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Molière), 16th arrondissement of Paris
* 1890–1895:
Greek Orthodox church
The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also call ...
, 5–7 rue Bizet, 16th arrondissement of Paris, commissioned by
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (many spellings; el, Δημήτριος Στεφάνοβικ Σκυλίτσης; 1839–1893) was an Ottoman-born Greek banker in London and Paris, and later a steamship owner in Constantinople. He was also the acti ...
(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 territory ...
,
12th arrondissement of Paris The 12th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le douzième'' ("the twelfth"). Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, it is ...
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
*
Notice on Vaudremerin ''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, Savo ...
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1829 births
1914 deaths
19th-century French architects
Architects from Paris
Prix de Rome for architecture
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts