Paul Bigot
Illustration — Paul Bigot (c.1940) Paul Bigot (lang; 20 October 1870 – 8 June 1942) was a French architect.
Also recorded as Paul-Marie-Arsène Bigot · Paul-Marie-Arsene Bigot
Paul Bigot
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Université de Caen Normandie from Caen, France · Portrait de Paul Bigot · Public domain
- Full name
- Paul Marie Arsène Bigot.
- Born
- 1870. · Orbec.
- Died
- 1942. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Louis Jules André.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Paul Bigot (c.1940) Paul Bigot (lang; 20 October 1870 – 8 June 1942) was a French architect.
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Paul Bigot studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Louis Jules André is recorded. André Remondet is recorded as having studied under Paul Bigot. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with École des Beaux-Arts. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
• Illustration — Plaster model of Rome by Paul Bigot at the University of Caen, showing the area around the Circus Maximus Bigot was born in Orbec, Calvados. He studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in the atelier of Louis-Jules André. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1900, which enabled him to study in Rome at the Villa Medici. He later became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. He is particularly known for his "Plan of Rome", a large architectural model of Ancient Rome. It is a plaster model of about 70 square metres at a scale of 1:400, showing Rome as it would have been in the time of the emperor Constantine I (4th century AD). The model is preserved at the University of Caen and is itself listed as an ancient monument. A second version is in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. Bigot was the architect of the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie, in Paris, completed in 1932.
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• Illustration — Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie in Paris • Illustration — Monument aux Morts in Saint-Quentin • 1908-1942: Plan de Rome, a large model of Rome in 350 CE. • 1920-1932: Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie, Paris • 1922: reconstruction of the town of Fargniers following its comprehensive destruction during World War I, in association with Henri Paul Nénot, financed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace • 1924-1934: reconstruction of the neighborhood around the Saint-Quentin station in Saint-Quentin, including the Monument aux Morts with sculptors Henri Bouchard and Paul Landowski • 1930: Monument of the First Battle of the Marne in Mondement • 1933: Monument to Aristide Briand on the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, with Henri Bouchard and Paul Landowski • 1935: refurbishment of Hôtel Matignon as office and residence of the French Prime Minister • 1935-1939: expansion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs • 1936: Monument to Ferdinand Foch, Paris, with sculptor Robert Wlérick
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Paul Bigot is recorded at birth as Paul Marie Arsène Bigot. Recorded as having received Prix de Rome. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Paul-Marie-Arsène Bigot and Paul-Marie-Arsene Bigot. His recorded language was French.
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1870
Paul Bigot was born in 1870 at Orbec.
1942
Paul Bigot died in 1942 at Paris.
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Paul Bigot studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Louis Jules André. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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