UCHARD, Joseph (1809-1891). "Project for a theater", 1843. T - Lot 99

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UCHARD, Joseph (1809-1891). "Project for a theater", 1843. T - Lot 99
UCHARD, Joseph (1809-1891). "Project for a theater", 1843. Two drawings. Joseph Uchard proposed a theater project for his final year at the Académie de France in Rome. of which we present here two sheets: a plan of the first floor ("sheet II") and a plan of the second floor ("sheet III"). The Académie's comments on this fifth-year submission were favourable: "The project as a whole appears satisfactory. It offers, both in its layout and construction, proof of study worthy of praise [...]" (Correspondances entre les membres de l'Institut, 1843. Annexe XII, p. 667). a) Ground floor plan. Pencil, inks and wash on watermarked paper. 91 x 63 cm. Small tears at edges (on blue framing paper), foxing and a few light stains. Signed and dated lower right: "Rome 1843 J. Uchard". Title and scale given at the top of the sheet: "Feuille II. Project for a theater. First floor plan at 4 Mi. P. Me". b) First floor plan. Pencil, inks and wash on watermarked paper. 91 x 63 cm. Small tears at edges (on blue framing paper), slight foxing. Signed and dated lower right: "Rome 1843 J. Uchard". Title and scale given at the top of the sheet: "Feuille III. Theater project. 1st floor plan at 4 Mi. P. Me". A student of François-Jacques Delannoy and Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin at the École des Beaux-arts in Paris, Joseph Uchard (1809-1891) won the Prix de Rome in 1838 for his work on a cathedral. He was a resident at the Académie de France in Rome between 1839 and 1843. He worked for the city of Paris as architect of the VIIth and VIIIth arrondissements. He designed numerous buildings in Paris, including municipal schools, asylums and town halls; he also completed the Saint-François-Xavier church. He exhibited at the Universal Exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and London in 1862, and was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur on August 15, 1861.
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