Jean-Nicolas Huyot
Jean-Nicholas Huyot (25 December 1780, Paris – 2 August 1840, Paris) was a French architect, best known for his 1833 continuation of the Arc de Triomphe from the plans of Jean Chalgrin.
Biography
Son of a builder, Huyot attended the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and won the Prix de Rome
in 1807.
Following his study in Rome, between 1817 and 1821 Huyot traveled in Asia Minor, Egypt, and Greece. He developed significant credentials as an
Ramses II at Abu Simbel; this contribution was helpful in Champollion's work in deciphering hieroglyphics. Huyot also provided technical archeological assistance to the Fine Arts section of the French scientific Morea expedition
into Greece in 1823.
In 1822 Huyot was elected a member of the
.Beginning in 1823 Huyot began presenting lectures in classical architectural history at the École des Beaux-Arts, lectures that influenced a group of self-stylized "romantic" architectural students including
Louis Duc
. This group in turn was influential in establishing neo-Classicism as a style in mid-19th Century France.
At his death he bequeathed to the National Library a large collection of drawings and plans. He was buried in the cemetery of
Père-Lachaise
(8th division).
References
- ^ Schnell, Dieter (2001). Huber, Dorothee (ed.). "Melchior Berri (1801-1854), Architekt des Klassizismus". Schwabe publishing house (in German). p. 68. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- Dictionnaire historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Domenico Gabrielli, Édition de l'Amateur, 2002
- Louis du Chalard & Antoine Gautier, « Les panoramas orientaux du peintre Pierre Prévost (1764-1823) », in Orients, Bulletin de l'association des anciens élèves et amis des langues orientales, juin 2010, p. 85-108.
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