Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
(1762–1853) fransk arkitekt
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (France, 1762–1853) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine was born in Pontoise and died in former 8th arrondissement of Paris. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine studied under Antoine-François Peyre. Wikidata associates Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine with Neoclassicism. Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine became a member of Société des arts de Genève, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Hippolyte Le Bas, Louis Visconti, and Auguste Caristie.
The best-known works include ‘Château de Randan’ and ‘Église Notre-Dame-de-Compassion’. The works belong mainly to the genre architecture. The catalogue has 13 buildings by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine. The dated buildings span the years 1570–1838. The buildings are in places such as Paris första arrondissement, Quartier du Palais-Royal, Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Rueil-Malmaison, and Saint-Cloud. According to Wikidata, buildings by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine belong to the styles ‘Neoclassicism’ and ‘Renaissance’.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Edward Savage, Charles Paul Landon, Mather Brown, Marguerite Gérard, and Johann Christian Reinhart.