Author: Jacques-François Blondel
Alternate names: Blondel, Jacques-François; Jacques François Blondel
Born: 1705
Died: 1774
Bio: French architectural theorist and teacher. Jacques-François Blondel was the father of Georges-François Blondel (ca. 1730-ca. 1790), draughtsman and engraver, and Jean-Baptiste Blondel (1764-1825), architect. He first studied architecture with Jean-François Blondel and later with Gilles Marie Oppenord. He was elected at the Académie royale d'architecture in 1754 or 1755. In 1739 or 1746, Blondel founded his own school of architecture. In 1756 or 1762 he was named professor at the Académie Royale d'Architecture, thus ending his own school. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*