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Jean Prouvé

1901 - 1984

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Jean Prouvé (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pʁuve]; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Prouvé has received more than 177,992 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Prouvé is the 227th most popular architect (down from 189th in 2019), the 2,527th most popular biography from France (down from 2,172nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Architect.

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  • 22

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jean Prouvé ranks 227 out of 518. Before him are Muhammad V of Granada, Giacomo Quarenghi, Pierre Jeanneret, Aldo van Eyck, Giuseppe Terragni, and Carlo Rainaldi. After him are Alexey Shchusev, Konstantin Melnikov, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Robert de Cotte, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Tony Garnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jean Prouvé ranks 112. Before him are Fred Uhlman, Cassandre, René Pleven, Michel Leiris, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, and Hellmuth Stieff. After him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Hermann Priess, Karl-August Fagerholm, and Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1984, Jean Prouvé ranks 82. Before him are El Santo, Walter Tevis, Fikret Amirov, Josyf Slipyj, Vladimir Chelomey, and Christa Schroeder. After him are Uladzimir Karatkievich, Ngô Đình Thục, Baba Sali, Cigerxwîn, Peter Lawford, and William Powell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Prouvé ranks 2,527 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Georges Ohnet (1848), Jehan Alain (1911), and Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846). After him are Louis Paul Cailletet (1832), Édouard Drumont (1844), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889), Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), and Albert Girard (1595).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jean Prouvé ranks 30. Before him are François Blondel (1618), Paul Andreu (1938), Henri Labrouste (1801), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), and Matthias of Arras (1290). After him are Robert de Cotte (1656), Tony Garnier (1869), Édouard André (1840), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), Libéral Bruant (1636), and Salomon de Brosse (1571).

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