Félix Duban
Illustration — Félix Duban, 1860 Jacques Félix Duban (ʒak feliks dybɑ̃; 14 October 1798, Paris – 8 October 1870, Bordeaux) was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste.
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Félix Duban
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- Born
- 1797
- Died
- 1870
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect · restorer
- Movements
- Romanticism
- Known for
- Palais des Études
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Illustration — Félix Duban, 1860 Jacques Félix Duban (ʒak feliks dybɑ̃; 14 October 1798, Paris – 8 October 1870, Bordeaux) was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste.
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Life and career
Life and career
Duban won the Prix de Rome in 1823, the most prestigious award of the École des Beaux-Arts. 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.
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Work
• Restoration of the castles of Château de Blois, Château de Gaillon, and Château de Dampierre • Completion and restoration of the Apollo Gallery in the Louvre, 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 Sainte-Chapelle, with Jean-Baptiste Antoine Lassus and a young Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. • Restoration of various historical monuments and private monuments
Félix Duban (1798 - 1870), french architect.
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1797
Félix Duban was born in 1797.
1870
Félix Duban died at Bordeaux.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q653434: Félix Duban
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- “Félix Duban”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Félix Duban and the Buildings of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1832-1840, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1978
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1978
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 109144241X, Exposition "Félix Duban: 1797-1870. Les Couleurs de l'Architecte" (1996 : Château de Blois).
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scholarly publication
Félix Duban and the Buildings of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1832-1840, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1978Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 109144241X, Exposition "Félix Duban: 1797-1870. Les Couleurs de l'Architecte" (1996 : Château de Blois).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Félix Duban studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under François Debret. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
His recorded language was French. Duban received Prix de Rome and Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.
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