André Wogenscky

Biography

André Wogenscky, born June 3, 1916 in Remiremont (Vosges) and died August 5, 2004 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Yvelines), is a French architect, disciple of Le Corbusier. After his divorce from Simone Galpin (1913-1973)2, he married the visual artist Marta Pan in 1952.

Coming from a family of Polish aristocrats who immigrated to France in the 18th century, he entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in 1934. His younger brother is the painter Robert Wogensky. From 1936 to 1956, he was successively a student, assistant, workshop manager and assistant architect to Le Corbusier. He participated in Ascoral during the Second World War. He then taught at the National School of Archit...