Key development:

Opéra Garnier / The Garnier Opera House
Paris IXe
Date: 1875

Architecture Competition win in 1861

The decorative style of design was titled 'Style Napoleon III'

The auditorium of this famous Paris building was painted by Surrealist artist Marc Chagall in 1964.



Charles Garnier, French Architect
(1825-98)
born in Paris

Education:
Ecole Gratuite de Dessin - evenings

École royale des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Ecole des Beaux Arts), Paris
1842-
Grand Prix de Rome winner 1848

Académie de France à Rome (Academy in Rome), Italy
1849

Career:
Practiced under Lebas, later under Viollet-le-Duc

Architect of 5th + 6th Arrondissemnets



Other Buildings, alphabetical:

Astronomical Observatory, Nice (with Gustave Eiffel), Provence, France
Ateliers Berthier, boulevard Berthier, Paris, France
Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Casino, Vittel, Provence, France
Chapelle-en-Thiérache - église, Provence, France
Église de Terrasanta, Bordighera, Italy
École Communale, Bordighera, Italy
Grand Hôtel de Paris, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Hôtel particulier rue du Docteur-Lancereaux, Paris, France
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Théâtre Marigny, Paris, France
Thermal baths, Vittel, Provence, France
Tomb of Jacques Offenbach, cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
Villa Bischoffsheim, Bordighera, Italy
Villa Garnier, Bordighera, Italy
Villa Studio, Bordighera, Italy

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