Franz Christian Gau
Basilique Ste-Clotilde, Paris
Franz Christian Gau (15 June 1790, in Cologne – January 1854, in Paris) was a French architect and archaeologist of German descent.
In 1809 he entered the
folio volume (Stuttgart and Paris, 1822), entitled Antiquitiés de la Nubie ou monuments inédits des bords du Nil, situés entre la première et la seconde cataracte, dessinés et mesurés in 1819. It consists of sixty-eight plates, of plans, sections, and views, and was received as an authority. His next publication was the completion of Francois Mazois's work on the ruins of Pompeii
.
In 1825 Gau was
Church of Sainte-Clotilde
, the first modern church erected in the capital in that style. Illness compelled him to relinquish the care of supervising the work, and he died before its completion.
Gau was mentor to Gottfried Semper.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Franz Christian Gau". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Imperial Dict. Univ. Biog.;
- Michaud, Biog. Univ.
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