Jean Paul du Ry was a French architect and Huguenot refugee who was responsible for a number of baroque buildings in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.
Background
Jean Paul du Ry came from a family of French architects. His father was Mathurin du Ry (died circa 1680), court architect in Paris, and his grandfather was Charles du Ry, also a court architect in Paris. Paul du Ry was trained by the architect François Blondel (1618–1686) in Paris.
Career
Paul du Ry was persecuted for his Calvinist faith, and at an early age moved to the Netherlands where he mainly worked as a military engineer in Maastricht. He went back to Paris in 1674. In 1685 he returned to the Netherlands, then moved to Hesse in 1688.
The Stadtholder William III of Orange gave him a recommendation to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
The Landgrave employed Paul du Ry as court architect and director of engineering in Kassel. The district lay to the southwest of the old town on the left bank of the Fulda.
He undertook many works here and elsewhere in Kassel for the Landgrave. Paul du Ry died in Kassel on 21 June 1714.
Views
During this period he became acquainted with Dutch Baroque classicism.