Lucien Hesse
Lucien Hesse (10 April 1866 – November 1929) was a French architect. He designed synagogues and private residences, some of which are listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture.
Lucien Hesse
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- Name
- Lucien Hesse
- Born
- 10 April 1866
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 1866 November 1929
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Château de la Muette · Musée Henri-Mathieu
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Lucien Hesse (10 April 1866 – November 1929) was a French architect. He designed synagogues and private residences, some of which are listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture.
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• Name — Lucien Hesse • Born — 10 April 1866 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 1866 November 1929 • Occupation — Architect • Parents — Camille Anatole Hesse Hermance Bernard
Early life
Early life
Lucien Hesse was born on 10 April 1866 in Paris. • Illustration — The synagogue in Bruyères.
Career
Career
Hesse designed several synagogues, including the one in Bruyères, Vosges in 1902–1903, and the one in Belleville, Paris in 1930. He also designed a Jewish school in Paris, the École Lucien-de-Hirsch. He designed the chapel of the Roussel family in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery in 1902. • Illustration — The Villa Torre Clementina in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. • Illustration — The Château de la Muette in Paris. Hesse designed the Villa Torre Clementina in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin for Ernesta Stern in 1904. He designed the hôtel particulier at 10 bis Avenue Élysée-Reclus in Paris for Auguste Rateau. He also designed the third (and current) Château de la Muette for Baron Henri de Rothschild in 1914–1924; it is now the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Hesse became a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1920.
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1866
Lucien Hesse born at 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
1929
Lucien Hesse died at Berlin.
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3rd arrondissement of Paris.
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Berlin.
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Hesse died in November 1929. Some of his buildings are now listed as official historical monuments by the French Ministry of Culture.
Auteur(s): Hesse, Lucien (en 1866 - en 1929), dessinateur Datation en siècle: 1ère moitié du 20e siècle Type(s) d'objet(s): Dessin Dénomination(s): Bleu d'architecte Matériaux et techniques: Bleu Dimensions -
Hesse, Lucien (en 1866 - en 1929), dessinateur
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- 1.Lucien Hesse. French Ministry of Culture.
- 2.Bedoire, Fredric. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930. KTAV Publishing House. 127. 2004. 9780881258080.
- 3.Base Mérimée PA00107342 Ancienne synagogue, actuellement musée
- 4.Jarrassé, Dominique. Synagogues: Architecture and Jewish Identity. Vilo International. 113. 2001. 9782845760332.
- 5.Elmaleh, Raphaël. Une histoire de l'éducation juive moderne en France: l'école Lucien de Hirsch. Biblieurope. 92. 2006. 9782848280646.
- 6.Base Mérimée IA00079657 Chapelle funéraire de la famille Roussel
- 7.Base Mérimée PA00080959 Propriété dite Villa Torre-Clementina
- 8.The Wisteria Dining Room in New Galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 9.Dominique Jarrassé. Guide du patrimoine juif parisien. Parigramme. 101. 2003. 978-2-84096-247-2.
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Lucien Hesse is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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