Tilman-François Suys

Tieleman Franciscus Suys ( born July 1, 1783 in Ostend, † July 11, 1861 in Bruges ) was a native of Flanders, the Dutch / Belgian architect of the 19th century. As court architect of the Dutch King Willem I and the Belgian King Leopold I. He was one of the outstanding architects of the northern and southern Netherlands of his time. He is considered one of the greatest exponents of neo-classicism and eclecticism.

Name

The last name is pronounced Suys . ( The letter U is like the German Ü pronounced in the Netherlands in the normal case. Follows the U, however, an I or a Y resembles more the German U letters Ö. ) There are different names versions in use. While the spelling Tieleman Frans Suys is used in the Dutch -speaking, French- speaking country, the form of the name Tilman -François Suys is in use. Occasionally, even combinations of the name as Tieleman -François Suijs or Tilman Francis Suys.

Life

He was born 1783 in Oostende as Tieleman Franciscus Suys. He studied in Bruges and Paris, and won in 1812 a study trip to Rome, where he remained until 1815. Because of the changed political situation, he had to leave Rome. From 1816 to 1819 he then took an extended study tour of Italy, which was financed by King Wilhelm I.. He led, among other things, a thorough survey of the " Palazzo Massimi all Colonne " by which was later published in Paris.

Finally he went, along with his wife Rosalie to Amsterdam and he settled there. Here his two children were born. He then worked as an architect for the crown of the then relatively young United Netherlands ( Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ). 1820 appointed him the King professor of architecture at the Royal Academy of Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.

From 1825 he also worked in Brussels, which was the second capital of the United Netherlands next to The Hague. After the Belgian Revolution of 1830 Suys remained in Brussels, but continued to work in the northern Netherlands. The Belgian King estimated the architect, made ​​him the master builder and had achieved a number of projects under its auspices, such as the Leopold district with the Leopold Park in Brussels.

From 1835 to 1861 worked T.F. Suys as a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and became the teacher of important Belgian architects like Henri Beyaert, Joseph Alphonse Balat and Poelaert. Through this teaching, he had a significant impact on the Belgian architecture of the 19th century in terms neoclassicism and eclecticism. Another well-known student of Suys was originally from the northern Netherlands, eclectic Belgian architect Jean -Pierre Cluysenaar, who worked in the area around Aachen.

In July of 1861 (according to other sources 1864) died in Suys kasteel van Friar in Bruges.

In Eindhoven, a street was named after him because he is regarded as the most important representative of neoclassicism in the Netherlands. Suys was also a member of the Koninklijk Nederlands instituut.

Family

He married Rosalie Sophie de Ridder, born in Ostend. The couple had two children. Leon Pieter Suys, born on 14 June 1823 in Amsterdam, and Hortense Suys Therese, born on June 27, 1825, also in Amsterdam. Rosalie de Ridder, died shortly after the birth of her daughter on July 4, 1825 in childbed. His son Leon Pieter was also a well-known Belgian architect today but usually appears in the French version name Léon- Pierre Suys. He designed, among other things, the eclectic building of the Brussels Stock Exchange ( 1868-1875 ).

Working

In the northern Netherlands ( 1839: Kingdom of the Netherlands), he was involved among other things the following building constructions or renovations:

• New Lutheran Church ( Ronde Lutherse Kerk ) in Amsterdam from 1822 to 1826 to recover from a fire,
• The Utrecht manor Hoogeland in 1824,
• The West Portales at St. Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht in 1824,
• St. Anthony of Padua Church ( Mozes -en- Aaronkerk ) at Waterloo Square in Amsterdam from 1837 to 1841,
• Teresa von Avila Church ( Teresiakerk ) in The Hague from 1839 to 1841
• And also in The Hague, the defunct Boskantkerk 1843-1845,
• And the St. Anthony's Church ( Groenmarktkerk ) in Haarlem in 1844.

Involved he was in Brussels and the Southern Netherlands ( 1839: Kingdom of Belgium) on construction or conversion of the following buildings

• Of the Royal Palace in Brussels from 1827 to 1829, but the north facade, designed by Suys was eliminated for Warandepark back in 1904.
• The palace of the Prince of Orange in Brussels from 1820 to 1826, (now the Palace of the Academies )
• The distinctive greenhouses in the Botanical Garden of Brussels (St- Joost-ten -Noode ), ( Suys 's plans were from 1826 to 1829 carried out in a somewhat modified form of PF Gineste )
• The hall door, the last preserved city gate of Brussels, now a museum,
• Of the left wing and the garden wing at the Egmont Palace (former Arenberg Palace shear ) at the Little Sablon in Brussels from 1830,
• The Leopold Quarter and the Leopold Park in Brussels,
• The castle Boechout in the National Botanic Garden of Belgium in Meise north of Brussels,
• Pavilions and orangeries in Tervuren, east of Brussels,
• Of St. Joseph's Church in blue stone in neo-baroque in Brussels after 1842
• St. James' Church on the Koudenberg in Brussels in 1849 (including the bell tower ),
• And St. George's Church (Sint - Joriskerk ) in Antwerpen from 1847 until 1850.