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Ernest Chausson
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Amédée-Ernest Chausson was a French Romantic composer.
Ernest Chausson, cabinet card photo by P. Frois, Biarritz (France), ca. 1885, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Ernest Chausson, cabinet card photo by P. Frois, Biarritz (France), ca. 1885, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Chausson page-turning for Debussy, Luzancy, 1893
Chausson page-turning for Debussy, Luzancy, 1893
Chausson's tomb, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Chausson's tomb, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Ernest Chausson, photograph by Guy & Mockel, Paris, ca. 1897, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Ernest Chausson, photograph by Guy & Mockel, Paris, ca. 1897, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, known as Baron Haussmann, was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks, and public works in Paris, referred to as Haussmann
Ernest Chausson
…composer. Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a building contractor who made his fortune assisting Baron Haussmann in the redevelopment of Paris in the 1850s. To please his father, Chausson studied law and was appointed a barrister for the Court of Appeals, but had…
Georges Eugène Haussmann BNF Gallica
Georges Eugène Haussmann BNF Gallica
Napoleon handing over to Baron Haussmann the decree of annexation of suburban communes to Paris, 1860, by Adolphe Yvon. The annexation increased the c
Napoleon handing over to Baron Haussmann the decree of annexation of suburban communes to Paris, 1860, by Adolphe Yvon. The annexation increased the city from twelve to the present twenty arrondissements.
The Avenue de l'Opéra, one of the new boulevards created by Napoleon III and Haussmann. The new buildings on the boulevards were required to have the
The Avenue de l'Opéra, one of the new boulevards created by Napoleon III and Haussmann. The new buildings on the boulevards were required to have the same height and basic façade design, and all faced with cream-coloured stone, giving central Paris its distinctive harmony.
The Paris Opera was the centrepiece of Napoleon III's new Paris. The architect, Charles Garnier, described the style simply as "Napoleon the Third".
The Paris Opera was the centrepiece of Napoleon III's new Paris. The architect, Charles Garnier, described the style simply as "Napoleon the Third".