Victor Louis
Victor Louis (10 May 1731 – 2 July 1800) was a French architect, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1755.
Louis was responsible for the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux of 1780[1], the Théâtre National de la rue de la Loi, and the theatre of the Comédie-Française on the rue de Richelieu.[2] He also designed the galleries of the Palais-Royal in Paris. A full biography was published in Bordeaux in 1881.[3] In 1770 he married the pianist and composer Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon.
References
- ^ Jean Lacouture, Le Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux, ou L’Opéra des Vendanges, photographs by Dominique Thillard (Paris: Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, 1994).
- ^ Henri Prudent and Paul Guadet, Les salles de spectacle construites par Victor Louis à Bordeaux, au Palais-Royal et à la place Louvois (Paris: Librairie de la construction moderne, 1903). OCLC 7065687.
- ^ Charles Marionneau, Victor Louis, Architecte du Théâtre de Bordeaux: Sa vie, ses travaux et sa correspondance 1731-1800 (Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, 1881).
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10 May 1731 |
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2 July 1800 |
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