Gustave Marchegay

Gustave Marchegay, born on August 25, 1859 in Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay and died on June 19, 1932 in Bains-les-Bains, is a French architect, watercolourist and sculptor..

Biography
Emile Gustave Marchegay was born on August 25, 1859 in Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay, in Vendée. Admitted in 1881 to the École Polytechnique, he joins the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts from which he graduated in 1885..

Gustave Marchegay then becomes architect of the City of Paris, and will thus be an inspector at the facilities of the Great Exhibition of 1900.. As an Engineer of Arts and Manufactures, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor on August 14, 1900.

On behalf of his architectural firm, established rue de Tournon in Paris, he drew up the plans for the châteaux of Coupigny in Orbais-l'Abbaye, and La Bobinière ( Mouchamps, Vendée). We also owe him part of the Célestins barracks and the reconstruction of the buildings of the École alsacienne.

As Protestant, he planned the construction of a number of religious buildings in Île-de-France, such as the chapel in Ville-d'Avray.

From 1928, Gustave Marchegay exhibited at the Salon d'Automne . He quickly became known for his aquatic sculptures, drawing inspiration from the long hours he dedicated to his passion. : fishing . He dies on June 19, 1932 in Bains-les-Bains, and is buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery .
Private life
Gustave Marchegay married in 1885 the granddaughter of Désiré Nisard, writer member of the French Academy.
Posterity
Some of his sculptures are kept at the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris, as well as at the museums of La Roche-sur-Yon and of Mont-de-Marsan..
Other websites
 AGORHA
 Musée d'Orsay
 Bénézit
 MutualAr
 Dictionnaire des Vendéens   
 Base Léonore

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Category:1859 births
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Category:French architects
Category:French sculptors
Category:People from Vendée