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Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921) was a Dutch architect known for his neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance buildings, especially the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Central Station. He also designed and restored many churches and monuments in the Netherlands and abroad.
Petrus Josephus Hubertus (Pierre) Cuypers (Roermond, 16 mei 1827 – aldaar, 3 maart 1921) was een Nederlandse architect. Zijn naam wordt vaak in één adem genoemd met het Rijksmuseumgebouw (1876-1885) en het Centraal Station (1881-1889), beide in Amsterdam .
Pierre Cuypers, the architect who designed the Rijksmuseum, was the son of a painter of church decorations, a prominent member of the Catholic Church, and a keen advocate of Gothic architecture. Cuypers wasn’t the most obvious choice to design a new national museum, but the result was a beautiful and now much-loved building.
Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers, also known as Pierre Cuypers, was born in Roermond on May the 16th 1827 as the son of a church interior painter, in a family where an artistic interest was encouraged.
Petrus Josephus Hubertus (Pierre) Cuypers (1827-1921). 1876-85. Cuypers won the commission by a unanimous decision of the jury in July 1876, and construction started in the following year. The museum opened in 1885, in the presence of members of the Dutch royal family.
Oct 20, 2022 · Pierre Cuypers: Grand Master of Neo-Gothic Architecture. On a tour of the most iconic houses in the Netherlands, Natascha Drabbe takes us to the home of Pierre Cuypers, the most important representative of neo-Gothic architecture in the nineteenth century. His home in Roermond was renamed the Cuypershuis in 2011.
Pierre Cuypers was chosen to be the architect, and he designed the Rijksmuseum in a historicizing style, blending Gothic and Renaissance elements with a wealth of national symbolism. After years of debate – the design was too medieval, too Catholic and not Dutch enough in the eyes of many – construction started in 1876.
