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Alexandre-Mathieu Sureda Chappron (1815, Palma de Mallorca - 1889, Madrid) was a Spanish architect. He worked under the name Alejandro Sureda and is considered "the main populariser of French architectural models amongst the Spanish aristocracy".

Life

He was the son of Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol (1769–1850) and his French wife Thérèse Louise de Sureda. He studied in the Paris studio of Henri Labrouste between 1836 and 1840. After his return to Spain, he was made an architect by the Academia de San Fernando in 1850. From 1851 to 1868 he held the post of deputy royal architect, only losing his post upon the Glorious Revolution. Between 1871 and 1873, he was involved in the works on the Teatro Apolo in Madrid, and between 1874 and 1884 he was chief architect in the redesign of the Museo del Prado, improving the interior and subdividing the Flemish and Spanish rooms. Between 1857 and 1872 he led the restoration of the Castle of Belmonte, Cuenca by Empress Eugenia de Montijo. This is the first example of restoration according to Viollet le Duc's criteria in Spain.

In 1883 he began construction of a palace for the Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, marqués de Cerralbo, with later additions such as the belvedere-pavilion in 1891 designed by Luis Cabello Asó and his son Luis Cabello Lapiedra. Better known as the museo Cerralbo, it was declared a Monumento Histórico Artístico in 1962.

References

  1. ^ Sazatornil Ruiz, Luis y Frédéric Jiméno (2014). El arte español entre Roma y París (siglos XVIII y XIX): Intercambios artísticos y circulación de modelos, pp. 108-12. Casa de Velázquez. - Google Books. Accessed 1 July 2015.
  2. Fernández Muñoz, Ángel Luis y Pedro Navascués Palacio (1988). Arquitectura teatral en Madrid: del corral de comedias al cinematógrafo, p. 159. El Avapiés. On Google Books. Accessed 1 July 2015.
  3. ^ Prado site - biography of Sureda. Accessed 1 July 2015.
  4. "SUREDA Y CHAPPRÓN, ALEJANDRE". institutoestudiosmadrileños.es (in Spanish).
  5. «Historia del edificio.» Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Accessed 1 July 2015.
  6. Arias González, Luís (2013). Gonzalo de Aguilera Munro, XI Conde de Alba de Yeltes (1886-1965): vidas y radicalismo de un hidalgo heterodoxo, p. 40. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. Google Books Accessed 1 July 2015.
  7. Arquitectura de los Museos Estatales: «Palacio del marqués de Cerralbo.» Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Accessed 1 July 2015.
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