Simon Louis du Ry (13 January 1726 in Kassel - 23 August 1799 in Kassel) was a classical architect.[1]
Simon Louis du Ry (13 January 1726 in Kassel - 23 August 1799 in Kassel) was a classical architect.[1]
Simon Louis du Ry was the son of the Huguenot architect Charles du Ry and grandson of Paul du Ry of Kassel. He was from a French refugee family, who after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV had to leave France and went to Hessen under Landgrave Charles. After beginning studies in Stockholm, Sweden, from 1746 to 1748 he was disappointed in his teacher Carl Hårleman and left for Paris to attend the architectural school of Jacques-François Blondel (École des Art) in 1748–52. After further educational trips in France and to Italy he returned to Kassel, Germany and became chief architect on the court after the death of this father. In 1766 he was installed as professor architectura civilis at the Collegium Carolinum in Kassel. [2]
Under Frederic of Hessen he was responsible for the transformation of the old and partly destroyed town of Kassel into a modern capital.[3] The Königsplatz (Kings square) and the Friedrichsplatz (Frederics square) remain the main squares in Kassel.[citation needed]
Simon Louis du Ry designed and executed many castles and palaces including:
