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Victor Louis
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Victor Louis (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ lwi]; 10 May 1731, Paris – 2 July 1800, Paris) was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755.[1]
Key Information
Life
[edit]He was born Louis-Nicolas Louis in Paris.[2] He did not adopt the name Victor until after he returned from a trip to Poland in 1765.[3] In 1770 he married the pianist and composer Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon. They had a daughter, Marie-Hélène-Victoire, in 1774.[4] A full biography of Victor Louis was published by Charles Marionneau in Bordeaux in 1881.[5]
Work
[edit]Louis' masterpiece is the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux of 1780.[6] He also designed other theatres, including the Salle Richelieu on the rue de Richelieu (1790, later to become the home of the Comédie-Française) and the Théâtre National de la rue de la Loi (1793, demolished).[7] The Salle Richelieu was the first major building with a roof structure of iron which was selected for its fire-resistant qualities when compared with wood.[8][9] Other buildings include the Intendance in Besançon (completed 1776), the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal in Paris (1781–1784), the Salle de Beaujolais (1782–83), and the Château du Bouilh near Bordeaux (1786–1789, unfinished).[10][11]
Gallery
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![Château de Filières [fr], Gommerville, 1768](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/FILIERES.JPG/120px-FILIERES.JPG)
Château de Filières, Gommerville, 1768 -
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 1773-1780 -
Central staircase of the Théâtre de Bordeaux -
![Hôtel de Saige [fr], Bordeaux, 1775-1777](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/H%C3%B4tel_Saige%2C_Bordeaux%2C_2020%2C_rue_Esprit_des_lois.jpg/120px-H%C3%B4tel_Saige%2C_Bordeaux%2C_2020%2C_rue_Esprit_des_lois.jpg)
Hôtel de Saige, Bordeaux, 1775-1777 -
![Intendance de Besançon [fr] (garden facade), 1771-1778](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pr%C3%A9fecture_du_Doubs_%28fa%C3%A7ade_sur_jardin%29_%28adjusted%29.jpg/120px-Pr%C3%A9fecture_du_Doubs_%28fa%C3%A7ade_sur_jardin%29_%28adjusted%29.jpg)
Intendance de Besançon (garden facade), 1771-1778 -
![Château de Tauzia [fr], Gradignan, 1778](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Tauzia_Gradignan_vue_parc.JPG/120px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Tauzia_Gradignan_vue_parc.JPG)
Château de Tauzia, Gradignan, 1778 -
![Château d'Anglade [fr], Izon, 1778](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Izon_Ch%24ateau_d%27Anglade_1.JPG/120px-Izon_Ch%24ateau_d%27Anglade_1.JPG)
Château d'Anglade, Izon, 1778 -
Salle Richelieu
(as designed by Louis) -
Auditorium of the Salle Richelieu
(as designed by Louis) -
Design for the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal -
Perspective view of the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal -
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Auditorium of the Théâtre-National -
Architectural drawings of the Théâtre-National
![Château de Filières [fr], Gommerville, 1768](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FILIERES.JPG)
![Hôtel de Saige [fr], Bordeaux, 1775-1777](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%B4tel_Saige,_Bordeaux,_2020,_rue_Esprit_des_lois.jpg)
![Intendance de Besançon [fr] (garden facade), 1771-1778](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pr%C3%A9fecture_du_Doubs_(fa%C3%A7ade_sur_jardin)_(adjusted).jpg)
![Château de Tauzia [fr], Gradignan, 1778](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Tauzia_Gradignan_vue_parc.JPG)
![Château d'Anglade [fr], Izon, 1778](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Izon_Ch$ateau_d%27Anglade_1.JPG)
Notes
[edit]- ^ John 1998, p. 725.
- ^ Marionneau 1881, p. 2.
- ^ Marionneau 1881, p. 3; Braham 1980, p. 147.
- ^ Marionnaire 1881, p. 554.
- ^ Marionneau 1881.
- ^ Lacouture 1994.
- ^ Prudent & Guadet 1903.
- ^ Fletcher 1961, p. 1063.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 48.
- ^ Braham 1980, pp. 145–157.
- ^ "Collections Online-Victor Louis". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 July 2020. (Salle de Beaujolais)
Bibliography
[edit]- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Braham, Allan (1980). The Architecture of the French Enlightenment. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520067394.
- Croizier, Laurent; Bourrousse, Luc (2011). The Grand-Théâtre of Bordeaux. Bordeaux: Festin. ISBN 9782360620401.
- Fletcher, Banister (1961). A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method, 17th edition, edited by R. A. Cordingley. London: The Athlone Press. OCLC 561038671. 1963 reprint: OCLC 859646659. Copy at Internet Archive.
- John, Richard (1998). "Louis, Victor [Louis-Nicolas]" in Turner 1998, vol. 19, pp. 725–726.
- Lacouture, Jean (1994). Le Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux, ou L’Opéra des Vendanges, photographs by Dominique Thillard. Paris: Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites. ISBN 9782858221257.
- Marionneau, Charles (1881). Victor Louis, Architecte du Théâtre de Bordeaux: Sa vie, ses travaux et sa correspondance 1731–1800. Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou View at Google Books..
- Prudent, Henri; Guadet, Paul (1903). Les salles de spectacle construites par Victor Louis à Bordeaux, au Palais-Royal et à la place Louvois. Paris: Librairie de la construction moderne. OCLC 7065687.
- Turner, Jane, editor (1998). The Dictionary of Art, reprinted with minor corrections, 34 volumes. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009.
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