Summary
Emmanuel Pontremoli (13 January 1865 – 25 July 1956) was a French architect and archaeologist.[1]
Emmanuel Pontremoli | |
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 Emmanuel Pontremoli in 1932 | |
| Born | 13 January 1865 |
| Died | 25 July 1956 (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | École des Beaux-Arts |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Prix de Rome 1890 Académie des Beaux-Arts 1922 Seat 7 |
| Projects | Villa Kerylos (ca.1900) |
Biography edit
Pontremonli was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, to a Jewish family from Piedmont;[2] he studied in the atelier of Louis-Jules André. In 1890, he won the Prix de Rome in the architecture category and in 1922 became a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts. He taught a clinical architecture studio at the Beaux-Arts, alongside André Leconte, a former student and winner of the 1927 Prix de Rome.[3] Pontremoli was appointed director of the Beaux-Arts in 1932 and is credited with shepherding the school, whose name had become synonymous with neoclassicism, into the twentieth century.[4]
Pontremoli is best known for his architectural creation of Villa Kerylos for Théodore and Fanny Reinach at Beaulieu-sur-Mer and for the Institute for Human Paleontology in Paris for Albert I, Prince of Monaco.
Family edit
In 1899, he married Suzanne Hecht (1876-1956), with whom he had three children: Thérèse (1900-1989), Jean (1902-1940) and Michel (1908-1944).
During the Nazi occupation of France, his sons Michel Pontremoli and Jean Pontremoli enlisted and fought with the French partisan force. In 1944, they both died at the hands of the Nazis.[5]
Pontremoli and his wife collected art.[6] The Avenue Emmanuel Pontremoli in Nice is named in his memory.
Gallery edit
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Villa Kérylos, Beaulieu-sur-Mer -
Institute for Human Paleontology, Paris
References edit
- ^ Bilsel, Can (19 July 2012). Antiquity on display : regimes of the authentic in Berlin's Pergamon Museum. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780199570553.
- ^ "Portraits d'architectes". expositions-virtuelles.citedelarchitecture.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ Jean-Michel Leniaud (2002). Bouvier, Béatrice and Jean-Michel Leniaud (ed.). Le livre d'architecture, XVe - XXe siècle : édition, représentations et bibliothèques; journées internationales d'étude des 8 et 9 novembre 2001 organisées au Collège de France, avec le concours du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et de l'École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques (in French). Paris: École de Chartes. pp. 202–204, 219. ISBN 9782900791530.
- ^ Jacques, Annie (2002). "French architects and the Prix de Rome". Ruins of ancient Rome : the drawings of French architects who won the Prix de Rome, 1786-1924. By Roberto Cassanelli; Massimiliano David; Emidio De Albentiis; Annie Jacques. David, Massimiliano (ed.). Los Angeles, California: J.P. Getty Museum. p. 19. ISBN 9780892366804.
Modernity in architecture became apparent with the rise of new programs, new materials such as glass and steel, pure aesthetics, and a special attention to urban planning. The Ecole des Beaux-Arts gradually adapted to these trends. The architect Emmanuel Pontremoli (1865–1956, winner of the Grand Prix in 1890) 'became the author of the mediation between the conservative atmosphere of the Academie des beaux-arts and the more innovative opportunities in teaching material.' He was director from 1932 to 1937
- ^ "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne.org. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "Claude Monet (1840-1926) Vue d'un port".
External links edit
- Emmanuel Pontremoli at Culturespaces Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
