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Aaron Messiah (1858–1940) was an early 20th-century French architect.
Messiah was court architect to
Aaron Messiah (1858–1940) was an early 20th-century French architect.
Messiah was court architect to Leopold II of Belgium
* german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor
, house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
, father = Leopold I of Belgium
, mother = Louise of Orléans
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Brussels, Belgium
, death_date = ...
, but his most famous work was the Villa Ephrussi, completed in 1912. At this southern French villa
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
, Messiah successfully synthesized the eclectic collections and ideas of Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
Charlotte Béatrice de Rothschild (; 14 September 1864 – 7 April 1934) was a French socialite, art collector, and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
Early life
Charlotte, known as Béatrice, was born in Paris, ...
into a coherent neoclassical whole.
Messiah also built the more grandiose Villa Masséna on the Promenade des Anglais
The ''Promenade des Anglais'' (; Niçard: ''Camin dei Anglés''; meaning "English Walkway") is a promenade along the Mediterranean coast of Nice, France. It extends from the airport on the west to the Quai des États-Unis ("United States Qua ...
in Nice. Like the Villa Ephrussi, the Villa Masséna was an aristocratic French riviera retreat, and represented an apotheosis of southern Europe's craft legacy. This villa was built for the prince Victor Masséna fr, whose family had gained title and wealth under the French emperor Napoléon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
. Despite its historicism
Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying their history, that is, by studying the process by which they came about. The term is widely u ...
, the villa included an up-to-date porte-cochere, where visitors could enter and leave automobiles
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as ...
without being exposed to the elements.
Aaron was the father of the architect Gaston Messiah (1885–1962).
1858 births
1940 deaths
20th-century French architects
Court architects
People from Nice
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