Louis-Robert Goust
Louis-Robert Goust (8 June 1761 – 11 July 1838) was a French architect.
Louis-Robert Goust
- Name
- Louis-Robert Goust
- Born
- 8 June 1761
- Birthplace
- Beaumesnil
- Died
- 11 July 1838
- Awards
- Prix de Rome (1786, 1788)
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Académie Royale d'Architecture
- Teachers
- Jean-François Chalgrin
- Known for
- Château de Gaillon · Arc de Triomphe
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Louis-Robert Goust (8 June 1761 – 11 July 1838) was a French architect.
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Louis-Robert Goust studied at Académie Royale d'Architecture. Training under Jean-François Chalgrin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Château de Gaillon and Arc de Triomphe. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Louis-Robert Goust • Born — 8 June 1761 • Birthplace — Beaumesnil • Died — 11 July 1838 • Practice — Neoclassicism • Significant Buildings — Arc de Triomphe • Awards — Prix de Rome (1786, 1788)
Biography
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Born in Beaumesnil, he won the second Grand Prix for Architecture (the future Prix de Rome) in 1786 and 1788. On 1 May 1811 he was appointed architect for the construction of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, replacing Jean-François Chalgrin, who had died five months earlier.
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• Knight of the Legion of Honour (1826)
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1761
Louis-Robert Goust born at Beaumesnil.
1838
Louis-Robert Goust died.
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Formation and teaching. Goust studied at Académie Royale d'Architecture. He trained under Jean-François Chalgrin.
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