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  1. Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin (1739 – 21 January 1811) was a French architect, best known for his design for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris.

  2. Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin (born 1739, Paris, France—died Jan. 20, 1811, Paris) was a French architect, developer of an influential Neoclassical architectural style and designer of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Chalgrin was trained by the celebrated architect E.-L. Boullée and in the office of Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni.

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  3. May 29, 2018 · views 2,043,352 updated May 29 2018. Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse (1739–1811). Paris -born architect who studied with Servandoni and Boullée, and worked for a while as Inspecteur des Travaux de la Ville de Paris (from 1763) under Moreau-Desproux: he erected the Hôtel St-Florentin, Paris (1767–70), to plans by Gabriel, but he was ...

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  5. Once they had designated the Place de l'Étoile as the site for the Arc de triomphe, architects Jean-François Thérèse Chalgrin and Jean-Arnaud Raymond drew up a series of plans. In particular, they opted for an arch with a simple opening, since it would also serve as a gateway to the city. Ancient references

  6. May 22, 2024 · (1739–1811).Paris-born architect who studied with Servandoni and Boullée, and worked for a while as Inspecteur des Travaux de la Ville de Paris (from 1763) under Moreau-Desproux: he erected the Hôtel St-Florentin, Paris (1767–70), to plans by Gabriel, but he was responsible for the Neo-Classical courtyard-screen, portal, and interior décor.

  7. Jun 25, 2011 · The French architects Jean Chalgrin, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, and Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand were trained by Boullée, while Ledoux helped teach the influential Lithuanian architect Laurynas Gucevičius.

  8. The central cohesive element of the Axe historique (historic axis, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic programme pits heroically nude French youths against bearded ...

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