Gilles-Marie Oppenordt

French architect

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Gilles-Marie Oppenordt was a French architect active in the late Baroque and Rococo periods. He is noted for his contributions to interior decoration and architectural design, often working with architects like Germain Boffrand. Oppenordt, along with Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, helped develop the full Rococo style, characterized by asymmetry and intricate, elegant designs. While many of his architectural designs were unfortunately never built, his work influenced the decorative trends of his time.12

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…France from Russia, he, with Gilles-Marie Oppenordt and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, who were increasingly concerned with asymmetry, created the full Rococo. Meissonier and Oppenordt should be noted too for their exquisite, imaginative architectural designs that were unfortunately never built (e.g., facade of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 1726, by Meissonier).
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…France from Russia, he, with Gilles-Marie Oppenordt and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, who were increasingly concerned with asymmetry, created the full Rococo. Meissonier and Oppenordt should be noted too for their exquisite, imaginative architectural designs that were unfortunately never built (e.g., facade of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 1726, by Meissonier).
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