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Charles Lemaresquier

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Félix Potin building, Paris, 1910

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

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Lemaresquier's work includes:

References

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  1. ^ "Nation League Home Attracts Many Bidders". Dayton Ohio Daily News. 3 July 1927. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Charles Lemaresquier". Académie des beaux-arts. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Monuments aux morts (fr)". LE MARESQUIER Charles- Architecte. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d "Charles-Henri-Camille Lemaresquier". Structurae. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "French Officer's Club". Cercle National des Armies. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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