Emile Vaudremer

Emile Vaudremer's atelier was a favorite of American students attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts during the 1860s and 1870s. Eugene Létang, the first Frenchman brought to MIT to teach architecture, was a student of Vaudremer, and Létang would impart to his MIT students the theories and methods he had learned in the atelier. Working in a Paris atelier, studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, or both, increasingly became part of the architect's education, often following his training at MIT. Clearly, the Boston/Paris ties were very strong.

Shown here in section, Vaudremer's "Monument Commemoratif" reveals the blocky, often severe style which characterized his work. Influenced by Viollet-le-Duc, Vaudremer was interested in structural rationalism, frequently using constructional brickwork.

Monument Commemoratif
coupe longitudinale, 1868
pen and ink, watercolor and pencil on paper