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Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (
February 15,
1739 –
June 6,
1813) was a prominent
French architect.
Born in
Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont. The couple became friends of the royal portrait painter,
Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun who painted the portrait of their daughter,
Alexandrine-Emilie Brongniart that now hangs in the
National Gallery in
London. During the
Reign of Terror, Vigée-Lebrun hid in his home before fleeing the country.
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart was also a close friend of
Jean Antoine Houdon, the pre-eminent French sculptor of the day who sculpted busts of his daughter Alexandrine-Emilie and his son
Alexandre Jr. that are now in the
Louvre Museum in Paris. Brongniart Jr. went on to become a respected geologist and director of the famous
Sèvres porcelain manufactory. In turn, his son
Adolphe Theodore Brongniart became a famous
botanist known as the father of
paleobotany and a recipient of the
Wollaston Medal in science.
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1782 he was named architect and controller-general of the Ecole Militaire (Military School). In 1804, he was commissioned by
Napoleon Bonaparte to create the layout for the famous
Père Lachaise Cemetery. The Emperor was so pleased with his work that in 1807 he chose Brongniart to design the
Paris Bourse (the Parisian
stock exchange). Brongniart did all of the designs but it would be his last work and he wouldn't live to see the classical Greek styled building completed in 1825. The building was named "Palais Brongniart" in his honor and remains in use to this day.
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart died in Paris in 1813 and was interred there in the cemetery he'd designed.
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