Richard Morris Hunt

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American architect architect human

Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.

Aliases (1)

Works of Richard Morris Hunt ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect → architect → human →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1827-10-31 →
dateOfDeath	1895-07-31 →
educatedAt	Lycée Louis-le-Grand → École des Beaux-Arts →
familyName	Hunt →
fieldOfWork	Beaux-Arts design → Gilded Age mansions → architecture → monumental public buildings →
givenName	Richard →
hasWorkLocation	New York City → Newport, Rhode Island → Paris, France →
influenced	American Beaux-Arts architects → Charles Follen McKim → McKim, Mead & White → Richardsonian and Beaux-Arts traditions in the U.S. →
influencedBy	Beaux-Arts classicism → Hector Lefuel → École des Beaux-Arts →
memberOf	American Institute of Architects →
movement	American Renaissance → Beaux-Arts architecture →
name	Richard Morris Hunt →
notableAchievement	Designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences in the 19th-century United States → Helped introduce Beaux-Arts architectural principles to the United States →
notableWork	Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → Biltmore Estate → Biltmore Village buildings near Biltmore Estate → Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport → Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City → Fifth Avenue entrance and grand staircase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → Fifth Avenue mansions for the Vanderbilt family → Lenox Library, New York City → Marble House → Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue façade and wings → Newport Art Association building (consulting role) → Newport Casino (early designs and consultation) → Ochre Court → Pedestal of the Statue of Liberty → The Breakers → The Marble House ballroom, Newport → Tribune Building, New York City → William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York →
occupation	architect →
placeOfBirth	Brattleboro, Vermont →
placeOfDeath	Newport, Rhode Island →
positionHeld	Founding member of the American Institute of Architects → President of the American Institute of Architects →
residence	New York City → Newport, Rhode Island →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	William Morris Hunt →
spouse	Catharine Clinton Howland →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition) → Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → Biltmore Estate → Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport → Fogg Museum → Lenox Library, New York City → Metropolitan Museum of Art → Ochre Court → Petit Château → Tenth Street Studio Building → The Breakers → Tribune Building, New York City → William K. Vanderbilt House →	architect
Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition → Newport Art Association building →	associatedArchitect
Cornelius Vanderbilt II →	architectOfNewportMansion
Newport Art Association building →	architecturalConsultant
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport ("Works of Richard Morris Hunt") →	category
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial →	dedicatedTo
Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition →	designer
Newport Art Association building →	designInfluencedBy
Hunt →	hasNotableBearer
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial →	honours
Frank Furness →	influencedBy
Richard Morris Hunt →	name
Catharine Clinton Howland →	notableRelative
William Morris Hunt →	sibling
Catharine Clinton Howland →	spouse
George Washington Vanderbilt II →	workedWith