Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, though less individually celebrated than some of his contemporaries, was a towering figure in French architecture and design, particularly during the Napoleonic era. His enduring legacy is inextricably linked with his lifelong collaborator, Charles Percier. Together, they virtually invented the Empire style, a grand and elegant form of Neoclassicism that dominated European taste in the early 19th century. Their collaborative genius is eviden…