Charles Frédéric Chassériau

Baron Charles Frédéric Chassériau (1802 in Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue – 1896 in Vars-sur-Roseix, France) was a French architect, who served as chief architect of the cities of Marseille, Constantine and Algiers.

Charles Frédéric Chassériau
Chief architect of the cities of Marseille, Constantine and Algiers
MonarchNapoleon III
Personal details
Spouse(s)Josephine Warrain

He was the son of the Napoleonic general Victor Frédéric Chassériau and the father of three children, including the art collector Arthur Chassériau. His other relatives included the painter Théodore Chassériau, whose 1846 portrait of Charles Frédéric's wife Joséphine is now in the Art Institute of Chicago.[1]

Drawings in museums

Pen and black ink; watercolor

  • Fragments des haut reliefs de l'arc de Triomphe de Marseilles - 3 drawings, Musée du Vieux Marseille

References

  1. Morineau (1985). "Incroyables gazettes et fabuleux métaux: les retours des trésors américains d'apres les gazettes hollandaises". Maison de Sciences de l'Homme and Cambridge University Press. p. 327. Retrieved 7 February 2015.


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