Charles-Auguste Questel (19 September 1807 – 30 January 1888) was a French architect and teacher. As well as designing new buildings, his projects included the preservation of historical monuments. He worked on several historical monuments included in France's first list of such structures, the list of 1840.

Biography

Born in Paris, Questel was a student of Félix Duban at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in nor ...

, and took a second-place

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1844. He became a member of the

Académie des Beaux-Arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

in 1871. Questel became the patron of his own ''atelier'' at the Ecole. Among his students were

Henri Paul Nénot Henri Paul Nénot (27 May 1853 – 1934) was a noted French architect. Biography Nénot was born in Paris. After his initial training in an architectural workshop, he entered the studio of Charles-Auguste Questel at the École Nationale Sup� ...

, Ernest Sanson, James Freret,

Eugène Train Eugène Train (1832–1903) was a French architect who taught for many years at the École des Arts Décoratifs. He is known as an advocate of rationalist architecture, which he applied with large schools such as the Lycée Chaptal and Lycée Vol ...

and the Swiss architect Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli; he was the father-in-law of French architect Honoré Daumet. Questel died in Paris. Upon his death the ''atelier'' was taken over by

Jean-Louis Pascal Jean-Louis Pascal (4 June 1837 – 17 May 1920) was an academic French architect. Life Born in Paris, Pascal was taught at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts by Émile Gilbert and Charles-Auguste Questel. He won the Grand P ...

Works

His architectural work includes:

New buildings

* the church of Saint-Paul in Nîmes built from 1835 through 1849 * the Pradier Fountain, Nîmes, 1851 (in collaboration with James Pradier) * the Saint Anne Hospital in Paris, 1867 * Préfecture de l'

Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.

, Grenoble, 1861-1866 * the Library and Museum of Grenoble, 1872

Restorations

*Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard 1841–1846. (World Heritage Site). *Romanesque abbey church of St Philibert, Tournus 1841 onwards *Romanesque abbey church of Saint-Gilles 1842 onwards. (World Heritage Site)

Sources

Structurae page on Questel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Questel, Charles-Auguste 1807 births 1888 deaths Architects from Paris 19th-century French architects Prix de Rome for architecture Preservationist architects École des Beaux-Arts alumni Academic staff of the École des Beaux-Arts Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Knights of the Legion of Honour Architects from Versailles