Henri Deverin

Joseph-Henri Deverin
Born	1846
Died	1921
Nationality	French
Occupation	Architect
Known for	Proposed reconstruction of the Palais-Royal

Joseph-Henri Deverin (1846-1921) was a French architect and urban planner. He was the chief architect of historic monuments.

Life

Paris 17th arrondissement - Hôtel particulier 68 rue Ampère

Joseph-Henri Deverin was born in 1846. In 1865 he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts. He studied under Daumet and de Lisch. He built some townhouses in Paris. The townhouse at 68 rue Ampère, which he designed and the engineer Weyher built around 1880, has been registered as a historic monument. It has a neo-Gothic facade and interior, and is one of the last of the tall buildings in the rue Ampère from the 19th century.

In 1877 Deverin joined the Department of Historic Monuments, and in 1897 became a departmental chief architect. He worked in the departments of Vienne, Deux-Sèvres and Vendée (1897-1917) and in Loire-Atlantique (1898). His main works were Porte Saint-Jacques, Parthenay and the churches of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes, Airvault and Oiron in Deux-Sèvres. He also restored several buildings in Vienne and Loire-Inférieure after the Department of Historic Monuments was reorganized in 1897.

Deverin retired in 1919 and died in 1921.

Proposals

The Palais-Royal ward had become stagnant after the depression of the 1880s, visited by few tourists. In 1900 a major fire destroyed the Comédie-Française. The Palais-Royal was destroyed and then restored for the twentieth time. To bring the ward back to life, Deverin proposed to extend the Rue Vivienne through the palace to intersect the Rue de Rivoli in front of the Conseil d'Etat.

Deverin also wanted to change the buildings and build extensions incorporating the style of Napoleon III's Louvre expansion. This project, which would have harmonized the architecture of the Palais-Royal with that of Hector Lefuel in the Louvre, was ultimately not carried out.

Henri Deverin also proposed to implement a statue representing the city of Paris behind the apse of Notre Dame de Paris. This project was also rejected.

Gallery

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  Project for reconstruction of the Palais-Royal by Henri Deverin.
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  Another project for reconstruction of the Palais-Royal by Henri Deverin.
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  Project for a monument representing the city of Paris behind Notre-Dame-de-Paris.

Bibliography

• Deverin, Henri (1891). L'Art kmer, conférence faite le 18 avril 1891 à l'Union syndicale des architectes français, par Henri Deverin,... impr. de E. de Soye et fils. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri (1895). Reves & réminiscences d'architecture pittoresque France & Italie. Aulanier & Cie. Editeurs. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri (1902). L'Hôtel de ville au Château de Nantes, notice et dessins: par Henri Deverin,... A. Dugas. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri (1905). La Résurrection du Palais-Royal. Exposé d'un projet (1896-1905) présenté par Henri Deverin,... impr. Humbert-Droz. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri; Daumet, Honoré (1910). Petite histoire d'un atelier, 1862-1911: accompagnée d'une lettre autographe de Monsieur Daumet. Association amicale Atelier Daumet. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri (1910). Esquisse d'un monument funéraire et triomphal à ériger à la gloire des aviateurs: notice et dessins. Moreau frères. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Deverin, Henri (1911). 100 plans types de constructions urbaines pour l'utilisation de terrains variés: avec avertissement explicatif. Librairie générale de l'architecture et des arts décoratifs, Ch. Massin, éditeur. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

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Sources

• Bouvier, Beatrice (2004). "DEVERIN, Henri, Joseph". L'édition d'architecture á Paris au XIXe siécle: les maisons Bance et Morel et la presse architecturale. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-00879-2. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Christ, Yvan (1977). Paris des utopies. Balland. ISBN 9782715801233. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Hénard, Eugène (1982). Études sur les transformations de Paris et autres écrits sur l'urbanisme. L'Équerre.
• "Hôtel particulier". Monuments historiques. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• "Joseph-Henri Deverin (1846-1921)". La Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine. Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Musée Carnavalet (1988). Le Palais Royal: exposition Musée Carnavalet, 9 mai-4 septembre 1988. Edition Paris-Musées. ISBN 978-2-901414-30-8. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
• Nord, Philip G. (2005). The Politics Of Resentment: Shopkeeper Protest In Nineteenth-century Paris. Transaction Publishers. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4128-3843-6. Retrieved 2013-05-27.