Charles Percier Bassant

(1764–1838) fransk arkitekt

Charles Percier Bassant (France, 1764–1838) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Charles Percier Bassant belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Charles Percier Bassant was born in Paris and died in former 4th arrondissement of Paris. Charles Percier Bassant trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Antoine-François Peyre and Jacques-Pierre de Gisors. Charles Percier Bassant worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Charles Percier Bassant with Neoclassical architecture. Charles Percier Bassant became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Académie des beaux-arts, and Percier and Fontaine. The awards include Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Hippolyte Le Bas, Auguste de Montferrand, and Louis Visconti.

One of the best-known works is ‘arc de triomphe du Carrousel’. The catalogue has 4 buildings by Charles Percier Bassant. The dated buildings span the years 1662–1838. The buildings are in Paris första arrondissement, Rueil-Malmaison, and Paris. According to Wikidata, buildings by Charles Percier Bassant belong to the ‘Neoclassicism’ style.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Antoine Ignace Melling, Charles Meynier, Georges Michel, Isaac Cruikshank, and Grigory Ugryumov.