Augustus Charles Pugin
Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman, and writer on medieval architecture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Augustus Charles Pugin (born Auguste-Charles Pugin; 1762 – 19 December 1832) was an Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman, and writer on medieval architecture.[1] He was born in Paris, then in the Kingdom of France, but his father was Swiss, and Pugin himself was to spend most of his life in England.
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Born | Auguste-Charles Pugin 1762 |
Died | 19 December 1832(1832-12-19) (aged 69–70) |
Nationality | Anglo-French |
Education | Royal Academy |
Spouse | Catherine Welby |
Pugin left France during the Revolutionary period for unclear reasons about 1798 and later entered the Royal Academy Schools in London to improve his skills. Shortly afterwards he obtained a position as an architectural draughtsman with the architect John Nash. After considering and abandoning a career in architecture Pugin married and settled on a career as a commercial artist working primarily for publishers of illustrated books. He was a skilful watercolourist as well as an accomplished draftsman.