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Ernest Caron
Ernest Adolphe Caron (1840–1919) was a French lawyer and politician. He was President of the Municipal Council of Paris, based at the Hotel de Ville, from November 1909, and served as a councillor of the 2nd arrondissement (Vivienne) district of Paris on the Municipal Council of Paris in the Third Republic, for 25 years from 1890.
In an article edited by Henry de Pène in Le Gaulois newspaper of November 1909, the month he was elected president of the Paris council, Ernest Caron was described as wise, prudent and moderate, and a welcome change following recent turbulent public discourse and the notorious Affaire Ferrer. "M. Caron, le nouveau président de la municipalité parisienne, est un homme sage et prudent. Très certainement il ne compromettra pas lès intérêts de la Ville en liant partie avec ceux qui representent en France les idées révolutionnaires et surtout antipatriotiques".
Caron was also president of the association of licensed attorneys at the Tribunal de commerce de Paris, from 1878 to 1919, which at the time was known as ‘’La Compagnie des Avocats Agrées au Tribunal de Commerce de la Seine’’ (Licensed Attorneys to the Commercial Court of Paris).
Ernest Caron held administrative posts on several insurance companies; of Soleil-Sécurité in 1895, of l’Aigle-Vie life insurance in 1901, of both l’Aigle and Soleil-Vie in 1909, and of Soleil in 1911.
Caron was closely involved with the building of the Rue Réaumur (2e), which became a symbol of the new Art Nouveau architecture of the day, and for many years he was one of the 5-strong jury of the Concours de façades de la ville de Paris, which evolved from the rue Réaumur architectural revolution. The contest was held annually between the first on 16 December 1897 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year, championing the use of new materials such as concrete, glass and steel, and encouraging innovative design.
In instituting the contest, the city of Paris took inspiration from Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872–1876) and the Prix Godecharle in Brussels. The Parisian contest was originally set up after the creation of the Rue Réaumur in 1897 in order to promote the construction of original and attractive buildings on that street following the relaxation of Baron Haussmann's strict rules of architecture. Initially restricted to the Rue Réaumur, the competition was soon extended to the whole of Paris. Most years saw roughly 57 buildings entering the competition, designed by 55 or so architects, usually resulting in six winners.
Every year until the first world war, the jury was made up of the same five members of the Conseil Municipal de Paris : Quentin-Bauchart, Ernest Caron, Froment-Meurice, Chérioux, Ballières, plus the director of Architectural Services, Joseph Antoine Bouvard, and the architectural overseer for the city of Paris, Nicolas Sauger (1838–1918). Lastly two jury members were elected by the contestants annually - and in 1904 they were; Jean-Louis Pascal and Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer.
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913) is one of the architectural landmarks of the period, one of the few Paris buildings in the Art Deco style. Designed by Auguste Perret, it was also built of reinforced concrete and decorated by some of the leading artists of the era: bas-reliefs on the façade by Antoine Bourdelle, a dome by Maurice Denis, and paintings in the interior by Édouard Vuillard. It was the setting in 1913 for one of the major musical events of the Belle Époque : the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. From 1945 to 1959 the building was home to the Ballets des Champs-Élysées, under the direction of Roland Petit. In 1946, Caron's great-granddaughter Leslie Caron made her debut there in La Rencontre (Oedipus and the Sphinx).
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Ernest Caron
Ernest Adolphe Caron (1840–1919) was a French lawyer and politician. He was President of the Municipal Council of Paris, based at the Hotel de Ville, from November 1909, and served as a councillor of the 2nd arrondissement (Vivienne) district of Paris on the Municipal Council of Paris in the Third Republic, for 25 years from 1890.
In an article edited by Henry de Pène in Le Gaulois newspaper of November 1909, the month he was elected president of the Paris council, Ernest Caron was described as wise, prudent and moderate, and a welcome change following recent turbulent public discourse and the notorious Affaire Ferrer. "M. Caron, le nouveau président de la municipalité parisienne, est un homme sage et prudent. Très certainement il ne compromettra pas lès intérêts de la Ville en liant partie avec ceux qui representent en France les idées révolutionnaires et surtout antipatriotiques".
Caron was also president of the association of licensed attorneys at the Tribunal de commerce de Paris, from 1878 to 1919, which at the time was known as ‘’La Compagnie des Avocats Agrées au Tribunal de Commerce de la Seine’’ (Licensed Attorneys to the Commercial Court of Paris).
Ernest Caron held administrative posts on several insurance companies; of Soleil-Sécurité in 1895, of l’Aigle-Vie life insurance in 1901, of both l’Aigle and Soleil-Vie in 1909, and of Soleil in 1911.
Caron was closely involved with the building of the Rue Réaumur (2e), which became a symbol of the new Art Nouveau architecture of the day, and for many years he was one of the 5-strong jury of the Concours de façades de la ville de Paris, which evolved from the rue Réaumur architectural revolution. The contest was held annually between the first on 16 December 1897 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year, championing the use of new materials such as concrete, glass and steel, and encouraging innovative design.
In instituting the contest, the city of Paris took inspiration from Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872–1876) and the Prix Godecharle in Brussels. The Parisian contest was originally set up after the creation of the Rue Réaumur in 1897 in order to promote the construction of original and attractive buildings on that street following the relaxation of Baron Haussmann's strict rules of architecture. Initially restricted to the Rue Réaumur, the competition was soon extended to the whole of Paris. Most years saw roughly 57 buildings entering the competition, designed by 55 or so architects, usually resulting in six winners.
Every year until the first world war, the jury was made up of the same five members of the Conseil Municipal de Paris : Quentin-Bauchart, Ernest Caron, Froment-Meurice, Chérioux, Ballières, plus the director of Architectural Services, Joseph Antoine Bouvard, and the architectural overseer for the city of Paris, Nicolas Sauger (1838–1918). Lastly two jury members were elected by the contestants annually - and in 1904 they were; Jean-Louis Pascal and Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer.
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913) is one of the architectural landmarks of the period, one of the few Paris buildings in the Art Deco style. Designed by Auguste Perret, it was also built of reinforced concrete and decorated by some of the leading artists of the era: bas-reliefs on the façade by Antoine Bourdelle, a dome by Maurice Denis, and paintings in the interior by Édouard Vuillard. It was the setting in 1913 for one of the major musical events of the Belle Époque : the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. From 1945 to 1959 the building was home to the Ballets des Champs-Élysées, under the direction of Roland Petit. In 1946, Caron's great-granddaughter Leslie Caron made her debut there in La Rencontre (Oedipus and the Sphinx).