Auguste Charles Pugin
ARTISTAugustus Charles Pugin was a French-born British artist, architectural draughtsman and writer. He was born in Paris to a Swiss father, and Pugin himself was to spend most of his adult life in England. Pugin left France during the French Revolutionary Wars period for unclear reasons about 1798 and later entered the Royal Academy Schools in London, England to improve his skills. Shortly afterwards he obtained a position as an architectural draughtsman with the architect John Nash. After considering and abandoning a career in architecture Pugin married and settled on a career as a commercial artist working primarily for publishers of illustrated books. He was a skilful watercolourist as well as an accomplished draftsman.
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Auguste Charles Pugin, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by Auguste Charles Pugin (French, 1762–1832) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Augustus Charles Pugin was a French-born British artist, architectural draughtsman and writer. He was born in Paris to a Swiss father, and Pugin himself was to spend most of his adult life in England. Pugin left France during the French Revolutionary Wars period for unclear reasons about 1798 and later entered the Royal Academy Schools in London, England to improve his skills. Shortly afterwards he obtained a position as an architectural draughtsman with the architect John Nash. After considering and abandoning a career in architecture Pugin married and settled on a career as a commercial artist working primarily for publishers of illustrated books. He was a skilful watercolourist as well as an accomplished draftsman.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Auguste Charles Pugin's work on the site falls under Drawings (3).
By movement, it's catalogued as Neoclassicism (1).
Culture: French (3).
By orientation: 1 landscape, 2 portrait.
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