François-Joseph Bélanger: Architect of Elegance and Parisian Vision François-Joseph Bélanger (1744 – 1818) stands as a pivotal figure in the architectural landscape of late eighteenth-century France, particularly renowned for his contribution to the opulent aesthetic championed by Louis XVI’s court. Though overshadowed by more celebrated contemporaries like Jacques Gabriel Rigaud and Jean Buonaparte Chalgrin, Bélanger's distinctive st…