CUYPERS, PETRUS JOSEPHUS HUBERTUS

(1827–1921)

   Ar chitect. After finishing his studies at the Academy for Architecture in Antwerp, Belgium, Cuypers was entrusted with the restoration of several Roman Catholic churches. His was a rather radical neo Gothic style, inspired by the French architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879). Cuypers became a famous and successful architect ac tive in Mainz, Germany, and Amsterdam (designing the Rijksmu seum building there) and built churches in several other places as well.