Lucien Weissenburger

Summary

Lucien Weissenburger (2 May 1860 – 24 February 1929) was a French architect.

Façade of Weissenburger's own house (Immeuble Weissenburger) in Nancy.

Weissenburger was born and died in Nancy. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Lorraine and was a member of the board of directors of the École de Nancy.

Some of Weissenburger's principal buildings include:

  • Magasins Réunis (1890–1907; destroyed), Nancy
  • Villa Jika, also known as the Villa Majorelle (1898–1902, in collaboration with Henri Sauvage), Nancy
  • Imprimerie Royer (1899–1900), Nancy
  • Maison Bergeret (1903-4), Nancy
  • Villa Corbin (1904-9), Nancy (now the grounds of the Musée de l'École de Nancy)
  • Immeuble Weissenburger (1904-6), Nancy[1]
  • Villa Henri-Emmanuel Lang (1906), Nancy
  • Maison Chardot (1907), Nancy
  • Theater of Lunéville (1908)
  • Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France (1909), Nancy:
    • Maison des Magasins Réunis
    • Pavillon du Gaz [Gas Pavilion]
  • Brasserie Excelsior and Hotel Angleterre (1911), Nancy
  • Magasins Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Cie (1913), Nancy

References edit

  1. ^ Clericuzio, Peter (2015). "Memory and Mass Mobilization: The Material Culture of the Alsace-Lorraine Question, 1885—1919". The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. 27: 182. ISSN 0888-7314. Retrieved 10 April 2024.