Charles Henri-Camille Lemaresquier (October 16, 1870, Sète - January 6, 1972, Paris) was a French architect and teacher.
Lemaresquier was born in Sète, in southern France, into a family of artists, and apprenticed to a Parisian architect at the age of 16. He was accepted into the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris in 1888, and by 1890 was in the atelier of Victor Laloux, who had taken over from his mentor Louis-Jules André after André's death.
In the summer and fall of 1927, Lemaresquier represented France on the jury of nine European architects judging the high-profile Palace of Nations competition, assessing the 375 entries alongside fellow judges such as Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Victor Horta, and Josef Hoffman.[1]
Among his students were Max Ingrand and David Moreira da Silva. The architect held seat #6 of the Architecture section of the Académie des Beaux-Arts from 1938 until his death in 1972.[2]
In 1900 Lemaresquier married Germaine Ribaucourt (1874–1951),[3] and their union produced four children. His son Noël Le Maresquier (1903–1982) trained in his father's atelier, modified the family surname, and became an architect with a similar career with similar honors. Lemaresquier was also the father-in-law of French Prime Minister Michel Debré, who married the architect's daughter Anne-Marie.[4]
Work
editLemaresquier's work includes:
- headquarters for grocery retailer Félix Potin, No. 51 rue Réaumur, 1910
- apartment building, 2 rue Coustou, Paris, 1926[5]
- National Circle of Armies, 8 Place Saint Augustin, on the former site of the Pépinière Barracks, Paris, with architectural sculpture by François-Léon Sicard, Paul Landowski, Jean Antoine Injalbert and Jean Boucher,[6] 1927[5]
- Juncasse veterinary school, 23 avenue Henri-Guillaumet, Toulouse, 1931
- Palais Berlitz, built as the Palais du Hanovre, 26-34 Rue Louis Legrand, Paris, 1932[5]
- work at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Paris, 1961[5]
References
edit- ^ "Nation League Home Attracts Many Bidders". Dayton Ohio Daily News. 3 July 1927. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Charles Lemaresquier". Académie des beaux-arts. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Monuments aux morts (fr)". LE MARESQUIER Charles- Architecte. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Herald, George W. (21 January 1959). "DeGaulle's Disraeli: A Look at France's New Premier". York Daily Record, York, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Charles-Henri-Camille Lemaresquier". Structurae. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "French Officer's Club". Cercle National des Armies. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
External links
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