biography
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Hunt, Richard Morris
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| male
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| lived:
| (1827–95)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. The first American admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1846), he worked with Hector Martin Lefuel on the Pavillion de la Bibliothèque of the Louvre (1854–5). He opened a practice (1855) and an atelier in New York, training among others Frank Furness and George B Post. An eclectic stylist, he designed many houses and university and public buildings in New York, including the Presbyterian Hospital (1872), the Tribune Building (1873), and the Lenox Library (1877). After the 1880s he designed luxurious mansions by which he is best remembered, among them Marble House (1892) and The Breakers (1895), Newport, RI, and the 225-room Biltmore House Asheville, NC (1895), the last of several Vanderbilt family commissions. A founder and third president of the American Institute of Architects (1888–91), he is called the ‘dean of American architecture’ for advancing the education and professional standards of architects. |
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