Paul Saintenoy

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Paul Saintenoy
Born
Paul Saintenoy

(1862-06-19)19 June 1862
Ixelles, Belgium
Died18 July 1952(1952-07-18) (aged 90)
Ixelles, Belgium
Alma materRoyal Academy of Fine Arts
OccupationArchitect
AwardsOrder of Leopold (1932)
BuildingsBrussels-North railway station, Old England

Paul Saintenoy (19 June 1862 – 18 July 1952) was a Belgian architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer.

Family

Louise Verhas-Saintenoy painted by her uncle Jan Verhas. She is the 8th girl from the left.[1]
Main article: Cluysenaar family

Born in 1862 in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, Saintenoy was the son of the architect Gustave Saintenoy and Adele Cluysenaar, as well as the grandson of the famous architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. The family's residence in Brussels was the Hôtel Saintenoy, which became a listed monument in 1992.[2]

Career

Beginning in 1881, Saintenoy studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he received training under the Antwerp architect Joseph Schadde. There he became interested in archaeology and the restoration of monuments from the Middle Ages, an activity in which Schadde was occupied.

He returned to Brussels to complete his training, and in the 1890s, became strongly influenced by the architecture of Victor Horta, Paul Hankar, and the rationalist architectural theories of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, also famous for his work restoring Gothic buildings. Horta and Hankar's buildings laid the groundwork for the widespread development of the style called Art Nouveau in Belgium and France. Horta's buildings in particular made free and conspicuous use of industrialised methods of construction, with steel frames and large-scale glass panels as infill, allowing for interiors to be bathed in light and in large measure dissolving the boundary between interior and exterior. This became a preferred technique for the construction of retail shop windows and department stores, to encourage the practice of window-shopping.

Though Saintenoy was not nearly as famous as Horta, Hankar,

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
in Brussels, a position he occupied for some thirty years.

At the end of World War I, Saintenoy was appointed a member of the Royal Commission of Monuments and Sites where he played an important role in the reconstruction of Belgium following the devastation of the war. Saintenoy's house in Brussels became a protected historic monument in 1992.[2] One of his children, Jacques Saintenoy (1895–1947), also became an architect.

Personal life

Saintenoy married Louise Ponselet, who is the niece of Jan Verhas. The little Louise figured on several paintings of her uncle. They had two children:

  • Jacques Saintenoy (1895–1947), architect
  • Jacqueline Saintenoy (1900–1978), married to the French executed minister Pierre Pucheu[3]

He died in 1952 and was interred in Ixelles Cemetery, his son Jacques was buried in 1947 in the same grave.

Honours

Works

Saintenoy's works include:

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b c d "Eigen huis van architect Paul Saintenoy – Inventaris van het bouwkundig erfgoed". monument.heritage.brussels (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Panygérique et articles sur Paul Saintenoy".
  4. ^ RD 8.4.1932
  5. ^ "Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Voormalige apotheek". monument.heritage.brussels (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Bruxelles Pentagone - Old England - Rue Montagne de la Cour 2 - Rue Villa Hermosa 1 - Place Royale 13-14 - GUIMARD Barnabé". www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Bruxelles Pentagone - Ancienne Pharmacie anglaise Ch. Delacre - Coudenberg 62-64-66 - SAINTENOY P." www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Schaerbeek - Gare du Nord - Rue du Progrès 80 - SAINTENOY Paul". www.irismonument.be. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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