Philippe Cannissié

(1799–1877) French painter (1799-1877)

Philippe Cannissié (France, 1799–1877) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Philippe Cannissié belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Philippe Cannissié was born in Landau in der Pfalz and died in Lille. Philippe Cannissié trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe, and André Chatillon.

One of the best-known works is ‘Saint-Maurice church’. The catalogue has one building by Philippe Cannissié.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Félix Duban, Alexis de Chateauneuf, Frederick Catherwood, François Brunet de Baines, and Alois Negrelli.

• Saint-Maurice church