Max Sainsaulieu
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Max Sainsaulieu (17 July 1870 – 21 February 1953) was a French architect. Author of numerous accomplishments in
First World War (including the completion of the church of Sainte Clotilde, the church of Saint Benoît, and the house of Jacques Simon) he participated actively in the reconstruction of Reims in the immediate post-war period.[1]
Life
Born in 1870 in
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He attended the lessons of Constant Moyaux (1837–1889) and of Paul Boeswillwald (1844–1931). In 1898, he received his architecture degree after a study on the restoration of the Fontenelle Abbey in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon
.
He came to
Cathedral of Reims
, his first mission was to protect the left portal of the western facade of the cathedral. Day after day, he reported the effects of the bombardments on the cathedral and on other monuments of Reims. He took all necessary measures to consolidate the battered buildings of the city.
On 12 January 1918, Sainsaulieu was created a knight of the
Légion d'honneur.[citation needed
]
Selected works
- Carnegie Library of Reims, 1927
- Railway station of Contrexéville
Notes
- ^ a b Bibliothèque de Reims. "Plus d'informations sur la bibliothèque Carnegie et son histoire" (in French). Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
References
- Max Sainsaulieu at Structurae
- Harlaut, Yann (2005). "Max Sainsaulieu et la cathédrale de Reims durant la Première Guerre mondiale" (PDF). La Vie en Champagne (in French). 41: 17–24.
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