Jean-François Blondel Explained

Jean-François Blondel (1683 – 9 October 1756) was a French architect.

Biography

Born in Rouen, Blondel was admitted in the Académie d'architecture in 1728.

He was the master^[1] and uncle of Jacques-François. He also had another nephew as a student, Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe, whom he took in his agency on his return from Rome.

Main realisations

• Maison Mallet, Geneva, 1724.^[2]
• Maison de Saussure,, 1724-1730.^[3]
• , 1736-1740
• , 1741-1747 (destroyed in 1944)
• Hôtel des gardes du Roi, Versailles, 1750-1754

Bibliography

• Book: fr . David . de Pénanrun. Louis Thérèse . Roux . Edmond Augustin . Delaire . Les Architectes élèves de l'école des beaux-arts (1793-1907). Librairie de la construction moderne . 1907 . DPRD1907.
• Book: fr . Charles . Bauchal . Nouveau dictionnaire des architectes français . André, Daly fils et Cie . 1887 . CB1887.

Notes and References

1. According to his friend, architect Franque. Web site: Jacques-François Blondel. Michel Gallet, Universalis.fr. 20 April 2010.
2. Web site: fr . Dossier thématique "La maison Mallet" . 20 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222092618/http://www.musee-reforme.ch/content/files/ok-maison-mallet-informations.pdf . 22 December 2016 . dead .
3. News: fr . Louis Blondel . Les maisons de campagne aux environs de Genève . Das Werk: Architektur und Kunst = L'Oeuvre: Architecture et Art . cahier 6 . 1937 . 161–170 . 10.5169/seals-87177 .