Italian French Architecture Priveè by Cesar Daly Hand Painted Print 2 of 2

The natural son of John Daley, British food commissar and later prisoner of war in Verdun, and Frenchwoman Camille Augustine Bernard, César Daly grew up in Douai. He was introduced to architecture, then continued his studies in Félix Duban’s workshop at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
In 1848, he was appointed as a member of the Phalansterian Commission for the Arts and Religious Buildings committed to Charles Fourier’s socio-economic theses, founded an ephemeral society of interior and industrial artists in 1848 and ran unsuccessfully for the National Constituent Assembly the same year. During his travels, he visited the utopian colony of Icaria found by Etienne Cabet in Texas.
Daly was awarded the Legion of Honour on 13 August 1861 and received the Royal Gold Medal in 1892.
Much more than a practitioner in the field, César Daly was an influential man, active in professional bodies and associations and publishing in the world of architecture.
He was the secretary of the Central Society of Architects. A founding owner and editor of General Review of Architecture and Public Works (1840-1888) and Builders’ Week (1877-1895), publications whose influence was considerable, he was also the author of numerous reference works.

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