Joseph Brousseau
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Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797) was an architect active in Limousin, France, in the 18th century.[1] His work includes Château de Faye, Limoges, Lycée Gay-Lussac, the bishops Palace in Limousin, Chapel of the Visitation, various castles in the vicinity of Limoges, and the Episcopal Palace of the Sée in Normandy.
Early life
[edit]Born in Solignac in Haute-Vienne to 1733 He was the fourth of ten children, to Jean Brousseau, a Carpenter, and Catherine Boudet. He was baptised in the parish of Sainte-Félicité de Limoges, near Pont Saint-Martial on 17 September.[2]
Brousseau grew up in Limoges.[3] He learned "on the job" building trades, into hollow where it stone-cutter and fitter. He then begins to draw plans himself and learned the trade of a master architect. He was then, from the 1760s, assign different achievements and became known in the region.
His first project as architect was the castle of Sainte-Feyre, it was built on the foundations of the ancient fortress between 1758 and 1762.
He died at Sées on February 5, 1797.
Corpus of work
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He completed numerous projects[4] including:
- Château de Sainte – Feyre, on the bases of the feudal Castle near Guéret (Creuse), 1760
- Château de Salvanet
- Castle of the husk, Veyrac, 1763
- Château de Beauvais, Limoges, 1765
- Palace of the bishopric, Limoges, 1766[5]
- Musée de l'Evêché[6][7]
- New facade of the college of Limoges (now Lycée Gay-Lussac), 1767
- Chapel of the Visitation, Limoges, 1771
- Rigoulene hotel, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 1772
- The Boucher House, at the corner of streets golden Jug and the Consulate, Limoges, 1772
- Renovation and development of the general hospital of Limoges, Limoges, 1773
- Reconstruction of the church Notre-Dame,
- Argentre-du-plessis,[8][9] 1775
- Renovation of the Church Saint-Sylvain, Ahun, 1775
- Château de Salvanet, Saint-Priest-Taurion, 1776
- Palace of the bishopric, Sées, 1778
- Convent of Providence, Limoges, 1779
- Renovation and development of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Sées,[10] Sées, 1780
- Château de Faye, Flavignac, 1782
- Convent of Augustins, Mortemart, 1785
- Château de Lavergne, Saint-Priest-Ligoure, 1785
- Redevelopment of the choir of the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne de Limoges, Limoges, 1788
- Château de Guéret, current Museum of the Sénatorerie
Gallery
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Palais de l'évêché à Limoges. -
Couvent des Augustins à Mortemart. -
Château de Salvanet à St-Priest-Taurion. -
Façade du Lycée Gay-Lussac à Limoges.
References
[edit]- ^ Joseph Brousseau Biographical Information.
- ^ Christian Taillard, Joseph Brousseau. Architecte limousin au temps des lumières, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 1992, p533.
- ^ City Excursions – Ville de Limoges.
- ^ Christian Taillard, Joseph Brousseau, (Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 1992).
- ^ The Bishops' Palace.
- ^ Musée de l'Evêché.
- ^ Guide to Limousin's Museums.
- ^ La Petite France
- ^ Sees, at Voyage France.com.
- ^ Sées, Cathédrale Notre-Dame at mapping Gothic france.org.
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