André Wogenscky (Acting)

André Wogenscky, born June 3, 1916 in Remiremont (Vosges) and died August 5, 2004 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Yvelines), is a French architect, disciple of Le Corbusier. After his divorce from Simone Galpin (1913-1973)2, he married the visual artist Marta Pan in 1952. Coming from a family of Polish aristocrats who immigrated to France in the 18th century, he entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in 1934. His younger brother is the painter Robert Wogensky. From 1936 to 1956, he was successively a student, assistant, workshop manager and assistant architect to Le Corbusier. He participated in Ascoral during the Second World War. He then taught at the National School of Architecture in Brussels from 1956 to 1965. He founded his own agency in 1956 and was appointed chief architect of civil buildings and national palaces in 1966. André Wogenscky designed several flagship buildings after 1956. Trente Glorieuses including the university hospitals located...Read More