Victor Louis

Victor Louis

Victor Louis (10 May 1731 – 2 July 1800) was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755.^[1]

Louis' masterpiece is the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux of 1780.^[2] He also designed other theatres, including the theatre of the Comédie-Française on the rue de Richelieu (1790) and the Théâtre National de la rue de la Loi (1793, demolished).^[3] Other buildings include the Intendance in Besançon (completed 1776), the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal in Paris (1781–1784), and the Château du Bouilh near Bordeaux (1786-1789, unfinished).^[4] A full biography by Charles Marionneau was published in Bordeaux in 1881.^[5] In 1770 he married the pianist and composer Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon.

Gallery

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  Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

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  Plan of the Théâtre de Bordeaux
  (at the level of the second loges)

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  Central staircase of the Théâtre de Bordeaux

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  Comédie-Française
  (as designed by Louis)

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  Auditorium of the Comédie-Française
  (as designed by Louis)

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  Intendance, Besançon (garden facade)

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  Garden galleries of the Palais-Royal

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  Château of Le Bouilh

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  Auditorium of the Théâtre-National

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  Architectural drawings of the Théâtre-National

References

Notes

1. ↑ John 1998, p. 725.
2. ↑ Lacouture 1994.
3. ↑ Prudent & Guadet 1903.
4. ↑ Braham 1980, pp. 145–157.
5. ↑ Marionneau 1881.

Sources

• Braham, Allan (1980). The Architecture of the French Enlightenment. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520067394.
• 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.