Alexis Paccard
Illustration — Paccard's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Alexis Paccard (12 June 1813 – 18 August 1867) was a French architect. Paccard entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1830 in the workshops of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas and Jean-Nicolas Huyot. He won the Second Grand Prix in 1835 for a medical school, and won the Prix de Rome in 1841 for a "Palace of an ambassador in a foreign country." His work includes a study of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, which also earned him a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855.
Alexis Paccard
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- Born
- 1813 · Paris.
- Died
- 1867 · Aix-les-Bains.
- Nationality
- France
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- architect
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Jean-Nicolas Huyot · Hippolyte Le Bas
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Paccard's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Alexis Paccard (12 June 1813 – 18 August 1867) was a French architect. Paccard entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1830 in the workshops of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas and Jean-Nicolas Huyot. He won the Second Grand Prix in 1835 for a medical school, and won the Prix de Rome in 1841 for a "Palace of an ambassador in a foreign country." His work includes a study of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, which also earned him a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855.
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On his return he became official inspector and architect of public buildings. He worked at the Louvre and the Tuileries under the direction of Louis Visconti. In 1854, he was an architect of the Château de Rambouillet, then Palace of Fontainebleau. In December 1863 he became professor of architecture at the Ecole, and among his students was Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas.
Alexis Paccard studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Hippolyte Le Bas is recorded. Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas, Aimé Sauffroy and Émile Bénard are recorded as having studied under Alexis Paccard. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Where Alexis Paccard came from, and how Alexis Paccard was formed. Born on 19 January 1813.
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1813
Alexis Paccard was born on 19 January 1813.
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Alexis Paccard died on 18 August 1867.
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Alexis Paccard studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Hippolyte Le Bas. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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