Pierre Cuypers

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Pierre Cuypers was a prominent 19th-century Dutch architect best known for his neo-Gothic designs that helped shape the architectural identity of the Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch architect
architect
human
awardReceived Order of the Netherlands Lion
birthDate 1827-05-16
birthName Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers
birthPlace Roermond, Netherlands
child Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joseph Cuypers
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
deathDate 1921-03-03
deathPlace Roermond, Netherlands
educatedAt Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Antwerp
employer Government of the Netherlands
surface form: Dutch state (for major public commissions)
era 19th century
early 20th century
familyName Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cuypers
fieldOfWork architecture
church architecture
restoration of historic buildings
genre ecclesiastical architecture
public buildings
givenName Pierre
influenced Dutch national architectural style in the 19th century
influencedBy Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
knownFor designing Amsterdam Central Station
designing the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
popularizing Neo-Gothic architecture in the Netherlands
movement Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival
surface form: Neo-Gothic architecture
name Pierre Cuypers self-link
nationality Dutch
notableWork Amsterdam Centraal
surface form: Amsterdam Central Station

Kasteel de Haar (restoration and redesign)
Rijksmuseum
surface form: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

St. Boniface Church, Leeuwarden
St. Catharina Church, Eindhoven
St. Cuyperskerk, Roermond
St. Joseph Church, Groningen
St. Servatius Basilica restoration, Maastricht
St. Willibrordus Church, Hulst
Vondelkerk, Amsterdam
occupation architect
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Amsterdam
surface form: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Roermond, Netherlands
signatureWork Amsterdam Centraal
surface form: Amsterdam Central Station

Rijksmuseum
surface form: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
spouse Antoinette Alberdingk Thijm

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Amsterdam Centraal architect Pierre Cuypers
Rijksmuseum architect Pierre Cuypers
Pierre Cuypers birthName Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers
Pierre Cuypers child Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Joseph Cuypers
Pierre Cuypers familyName Pierre Cuypers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cuypers
Pierre Cuypers name Pierre Cuypers self-link