Beaux-arts
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Charles Follen McKim
Biography Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead & White. McKim was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His parents were James Miller… Continue reading
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Daniel Burnham
Biography Daniel Hudson Burnham FAIA (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been, “the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ever produced.” After unsuccessful attempts at entering Harvard and Yale, Burnham worked at the architectural firm… Continue reading
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Stanford White
Biography Stanford White, (November 9, 1853 — June 25, 1906), American architect who was the most imaginative partner in the influential architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White. Stanford White was the son of the essayist, critic, and Shakespearean scholar Richard Grant White. He was carefully trained as an architect by Henry Hobson Richardson. In June… Continue reading
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École des Beaux-arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is the original of a series of Écoles des beaux-arts in French regional centers. Since its founding in 1648, the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture has had a school, France’s elite institution of instruction in the arts. Its program was structured around a series of anonymous competitions that culminated… Continue reading
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