Édouard André
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Édouard François André - (born 17 July 1840 in Bourges - died 25 October 1911 in La Croix) was a French horticulturalist as well as a leading landscape architect of the late 19th century, famous for designing city parks and public spaces of Monte Carlo and Montevideo.
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[edit] Biography
In 1860 at an age of 20 Édouard André was appointed as a Head Gardener (Jardinier Principal) of Paris and participated in redesigning of the city in cooperation with Adolphe Alphand and Baron Haussmann. During 8 years of public service he has planted/designed many public spaces including the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont and Tuileries Gardens.
During his life André has designed around 100 1 public and manor landscape parks, mainly in Europe: the Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Bulgaria (the Euxinograd palace park). Most famous of them include the Sefton Park in Liverpool, England, designed in 1866, the Luxembourg Castle Park, Funchal Garden in Madeira, Portugal, Weldham Castle Garden in Markelo, Netherlands and Borghese gardens in Rome, Italy.
The private parks designed by André include 4 landscape parks in Lithuania establshed in Tyszkiewicz nobles' residences: Lentvaris, Trakų Vokė (now in Paneriai elderate of Vilnius city municipality), Užutrakis (near Trakai) and the most beautiful park in Lithuania - the Palanga Botanical Park. These parks have many distinctive features used by André in his parks: harmonious placement and pleasing arrangement of artificial grottoes, waterfalls, mountain-style stone structures, employment of natural water bodies and panoramas.
[edit] Bibliography
- Bromeliaceae Andreanae. Description et Histoire des Bromeliacées, récoltées dans la Colombie, l'Ecuador et la Venezuela. Paris: Librairie Agricole, 1889. Nachdruck: Berkley CA, USA: Big Bridge Press, 1983
- L' art des jardins: traité général de la composition des parcs et jardins. Paris: Masson, 1879. Nachdruck: Marseille: Lafitte Reprints, 1983, ISBN 2-7348-0127-2
