- Henri Paul Nénot
Henri Paul Nénot (May 27, 1853 - 1934) was a noted French
architect .Nénot was born in
Paris . After his initial training in an architectural workshop, he entered the studio of Charles-Auguste Questel at theÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts while also working for various architects, including Charles Garnier. He was in residence at theVilla Medici 1878-1881.In 1882 Nénot began his career, during which he was appointed architect of the
Sorbonne , which remains his great work, as well as designing other university buildings in Paris and a number of private residential and commercial buildings. In 1895 he was elected department chair for architecture in theAcadémie des beaux-arts . His last position was Director General for the architecture of thePalace of Nations inGeneva , where he died in an accident.Principal works
* 1875 : école normale d'
Huy inBelgium with Oudiné
* 1882-1901 : newSorbonne ,5th arrondissement
* 1887 : tomb of Mlle Labiche in the cemetery ofBéville-le-Comte
* 1888 : building for M. Quettier atLorient
* 1891 : building for MM. Labiche and Gréard, rue Guynemer,6th arrondissement
* 1893 : house for M. Richardot atCharenton-le-Pont
* 1896 : monument to commandant Rolland at Bourget
* 1900 : monument toVictor Duruy , avenue Rey inVilleneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne ) [Voir [http://www.culture.fr/documentation/memoire/HTML/IVR11/IA00126318/index.htm Dossier] sur la Base Mérimée]
* 1900 : hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency, 34avenue Foch ,16th arrondissement
* 1905 : headquarters of the Banque Louis Dreyfus, 10-12 rue de la banque,2nd arrondissement
* 1907 : hôtel Meurice, 238rue de Rivoli ,1st arrondissement
* 1909 : monument toOctave Gréard sq. Paul-Painlevé,5th arrondissement with sculptorJules-Clément Chaplain [ [http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/O0018983.html Descriptif] sur le site Insecula]
* 1910-1926 : Institut de chimie, nowÉcole nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris ,5th arrondissement
* 1911 :Institut océanographique , 195, rue Saint-Jacques,5th arrondissement
* 1914-1926 :Institut de géographie ,5th arrondissement
* 1922-1928 : PlaceCarnegie de Fargniers, now commune deTergnier (Aisne) withPaul Bigot (an ensemble comprising la mairie, un bureau de poste, un poste de police, une pompe, une halle, une salle d' assemblée, le foyerCarnegie , un établissement de bains, des écoles, des espaces verts et de jeux) (inscrit MH)
* 1925 : monument to the war dead 1914-1918 in theGassin cemetery (Var)
* 1930 : Le Paladium bd du Tsarévitch atNice with Edmond Labbé
* 1931-1937 :Palace of Nations of theLeague of Nations atGeneva withJulien Flegenheimer ,Camille Lefèvre ,Carlo Broggi andJozsef Vago [Jean-Claude Pallas, "Histoire et architecture du Palais des Nations (1924-2001)", Publications des Nations unies, 2001 [http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=jTkKrk9eZFcC&output=html] ]Notes
References
* A. Louvet, "Paul-Henri Nénot (1853-1934)", "L'Architecture", 1935, n° 7, pp. 241-244.
* Jean Favier, "Le Palais de la Société des nations à Genève", "La Construction moderne", n°2, 10 oct. 1937, pp. 26-36.
* Jean Favier, "La rétrospective Paul-Henri Nénot (1853-1934)", "La Construction moderne", n°32, 17 juil. 1938, pp. 527-531.
* [http://en.structurae.de/persons/data/index.cfm?id=d003818 Structurae entry]
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