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10 October 1853. (1853-10-10) (aged 91) Paris, France. Nationality (legal) French. Occupation (s) Architecture, interior design. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine ( pronounced [pjɛʁ frɑ̃swa leɔnaːʁ fɔ̃tɛn]; 20 September 1762 – 10 October 1853) was a French neoclassical architect, interior decorator and designer.
Artist: Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (French, Pontoise 1762–1853 Paris) Date: ca. 1810. Medium: Watercolor over graphite. Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (29.5 x 27 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013. Accession Number: 2013.530.1
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (September 20, 1762 – October 10, 1853) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer. Starting in 1794 Fontaine worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier , originally his friend from student days, that it is difficult to distinguish their work.
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Title: Recueil de Decorations Intérieures. Artist: Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (French, Pontoise 1762–1853 Paris) Artist: Charles Percier (French, Paris 1764–1838 Paris) Publisher: Pierre Didot l'ainé (French, 1761–1853) Published in: Paris. Date: 1812. Medium: Engravings.
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Fontaine was born in Pontoise to a family of architects, on September 10, 1762. At the age of sixteen, he left for L’Isle-Adam, where he assisted architect André in his hydraulic work. Further, André gave him access to his plans and allowed him to copy his projects. In October 1779, he began his studies at the school of Peyre the Younger in Paris. ...
In collaboration with Percier he worked on: 1. Arch of the Carrousel for the restoration of the Palais-Royal 2. The grand staircase of the Louvre 3. Works designed for the union of the Louvre and the Tuileries Image source: https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/adc3cd8c-5a94-4c61-8379-713da76202fe by MarkusMark Additionally, Fontaine and Percie...
Together with Percier, Fontaine’s work was a symbol of Directoire and Empirestyles. Moreover, the Directoire style was part of the last phase of the Louis XVI style and takes inspiration from ancient Roman objects recovered from the excavations of Pompeii. Conversely, the Empire style was born from Napoleon’s desire for Ancient Egypt and imperial R...
Olivier Lefeuel, “Percier et Fontaine” in “Connaissance des Arts”, Paris, 15th June 1954, no. 28, p. 35, illustrating a page from a set of designs by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine for the Russian Tsar of work in the Louvre and Tuileries, showing a woman’s bedroom with a torchère of comparable overall form.
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, in den 1840er Jahren gemalt von Joseph Désiré Court (1797–1865), Schloss Versailles. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (* 10. September 1762 in Pontoise; † 13. Oktober 1853 in Paris) war ein französischer Architekt, Innenarchitekt und Möbelentwerfer des Empire-Stils, einer unter Napoléon Bonaparte ...
