Jacques-Martin Tétaz
Jacques-Martin Tétaz (6 March 1818 – 16 October 1865) was a French architect. He was admitted at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he was the student of Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Louis-Hippolyte Lebas. He was the recipient of the second architecture Prix de Rome in 1841.
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Jacques-Martin Tétaz
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- Name
- Jacques-Martin Tétaz
- Born
- 6 March 1818
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Rueil-Malmaison, France
- Died
- 16 October 1865
- Awards
- second Prix de Rome
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Jean-Nicolas Huyot · Hippolyte Le Bas
- Known for
- Palais de l'Alma
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · resident at the Villa Medici
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Jacques-Martin Tétaz (6 March 1818 – 16 October 1865) was a French architect. He was admitted at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he was the student of Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Louis-Hippolyte Lebas. He was the recipient of the second architecture Prix de Rome in 1841.
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He was housed at the Villa Medici from 1844 to 1848. He is only known by the Palais de l'Alma, which was built between 1861 and 1864.
Jacques-Martin Tétaz studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Hippolyte Le Bas is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Palais de l'Alma. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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• Name — Jacques-Martin Tétaz • Born — 6 March 1818 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Place of death — Rueil-Malmaison, France • Died — 16 October 1865 • Practice — architect • Significant Buildings — Palais de l'Alma • Awards — second Prix de Rome
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- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers…, T. II., « I-Z », Hachette, 1858.
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