Barry Dierks

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Barry Dierks (* 1899 in Pittsburgh ; † 20th February 1960 in France ) was an American architect of modernity . He was active in France, especially in the Côte d'Azur from 1925 to the 1950s.

Life

Barry Dierks, son of WC Dierks, director of the C. C. Mellor piano factory, studied architecture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh , where he graduated in 1921. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in Léon Jaussely's studio.

To finance his stay in France, he took a job at the Choillet bank. Here he made the acquaintance of the bank director Colonel Eric Sawyer, a former British Army officer who became his lover and lifelong partner. In 1925 the two decided to settle in the south of France. The decision was based on Dierks' professional ambition and the growing demand for country homes in the area from wealthy clients, mostly British.

In Théoule-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes department , Dierks and Sawyer discovered a 6000 m² isolated site with an inaccessible bay and a private beach on a private peninsula on the Pointe de l'Esquillon , where they found their house, the Villa Le Trident buildings.

From 1925 until his death, Dierks had more than 100 orders for new buildings as well as the renovation and expansion of existing villas. His customer base, made up of aristocrats, artists, and entrepreneurs, appeared to have been built only through word of mouth.

During the Second World War, Barry Dierks took part in humanitarian missions before leaving the region; Eric Sawyer joined the resistance. In 1946, General Georges Catroux left a note of praise for her activities during the war in the guest book of Villa Le Trident .

In 1956 his leg was amputated after illness. He died on February 20, 1960; Eric Sawyer lived until 1985.

Executions

According to a study from 2004, 102 construction sites have been registered by Dierks. Among those orders were 66 UK and 25 French customers. Almost a quarter of the villas were built for aristocrats.

The following table shows a partial list of works by Barry Dierks:

date Surname Customers address IGPC
1925 Villa Le Trident Barry Dierks 8, impasse Renoir, Théoule-sur-Mer
1927 Villa La Mauresque Somerset Maugham 52, boulevard du Gal-de-Gaulle, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat n ° IA06000981
1928 Villa La Reine Jeanne Paul-Louis Weiller Hameau de Cabasson, Bormes-les-Mimosas
1930 Villa Saint-Ange Hedwige d'Ursel Le Brusc, Six-Fours-les-Plages n ° IA83000435
1932 Château de l'Horizon Maxine Elliott Route du Bord-de-mer, Golfe-Juan, Vallauris
1932 Domaine de L'Oustaroun Marquise de Brantes 763, chemin des Salles, Vence
1932 Villa Les Aspres Marquise de Ganay Grasse
1933 Manoir Eden Roc Marquess of Cholmondeley Golfe-Juan
1936 Villa Lilliput Amiral-comte Antoine Sala 40, boulevard James-Wyllie, Antibes n ° IA06001101
1937 Villa Lou Vieï Herman Rogers 10 bis, ancien chemin de Vallauris, Cannes n ° IA06000561
1937 Villa Zéro Mrs. Grant Milnes 416, chemin de la Mosquée, Antibes n ° IA06001165
1937 Villa Sous le Vent Mrs. Sidney Allen impasse Félix, Antibes n ° IA06001166
1937 Mas de Terrafial Frederick Price 3, avenue Ziem, Cannes n ° IA06000364
1937 Tanah Merah Villa George Benjamin Edward Keun 64, avenue des Pins, Antibes n ° IA06001245
1937 Villa Le Beaurevoir Diarmid Campbell-Johnson 450, avenue Mrs.-L.-D.-Beaumont, Antibes n ° IA06001174
1938 Pavilion de bains M. and Mme Boissevain 365, chemin de la Mosquée, Antibes n ° IA06001175
1938 Villa Aujourd'hui Mrs. Audrey Chadwick 1546, boulevard Maréchal-Juin, Antibes n ° IA06001178
1939 Villa Ad Astra General Catroux 13, avenue Ziem, Cannes n ° IA06000365
1939 Villa La Cassine Comte Damien de Martel 112 bis, boulevard Francis-Meilland, Antibes n ° IA06001187
1940 Villa Casa Lauretta Grace Moore Mougins
1940 Villa Casa Estella Mrs. Aubrey Cartwright impasse Félix, Antibes n ° IA06001164
1940 Villa Aigue-Marine Howard Wilcox 490, chemin de la Mosquée, Antibes n ° IA06001236
1940 Villa Patenôtre Raymond Patenôtre 38, boulevard Montfleury, Cannes n ° IA06000568
1940 Clos de la Garoupe Lord and Lady Norman 1311, chemin de la Garoupe, Cap d'Antibes n ° IA06001210
1950 Villa Le Clocher Lord and Lady Norman 1472, chemin de la Garoupe, Antibes n ° IA06001154
1950 Cottage d' Eilenroc Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont 460, avenue Mrs. LD Beaumont, Antibes n ° IA06001161
1951 Villa here Anthony Edgar Somers 374, avenue Mrs. LD Beaumont, Antibes n ° IA06001173
1952 Villa La Folie Willoughby Norman chemin de la Croé, Cap d'Antibes n ° IA06001211
1952 Cottage de la Garoupe Lord and Lady Norman 1530, chemin de la Garoupe, Cap d'Antibes n ° IA06001153
1956 Villa Piccola Bella Mme GLP Woodward 122, avenue de Vallauris, Cannes n ° IA06000628
1958 Villa Moschetti Joseph Moschetti 18, rue Boucicaut, Cannes n ° IA06000620
1960 Villa du Bord de mer Lord and Lady Norman 1472, chemin de la Garoupe, Antibes n ° IA06001221

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c François Fray: La clientèle de l'architecte Barry Dierks sur la Côte d'Azur . In: In Situ, revue des patrimoines , n ° 4, French Ministry of Culture , March 2004; Retrieved April 29, 2011
  2. ↑ Marie-Sandrine Sgherri: Les Folies archived de la Côte d'Azur . ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Le Point , June 8, 2004; Retrieved April 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lepoint.fr
  3. ↑ Récolement the permis de construire des villes d'Antibes et de Cannes, funds Andrau, Archives communales de Cannes.
  4. ^ Villa la Mauresque Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  5. ^ Villa Saint-Ange Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  6. ^ Archives municipales de la ville de Cannes (City Archives of the City of Cannes), cote 10Fi1810 Château de l'Horizon
  7. ^ Villa Lilliput Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  8. ↑ Villa Lou Viei Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  9. ^ Villa Zéro Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  10. ^ Villa Sous le Vent Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  11. ↑ Mas de Terrafial Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  12. ^ Villa Tanah Merah Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  13. ^ Villa Le Beaurevoir Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  14. ↑ Pavilion "for the use of the showers and changing rooms" (today the Villa Petit Roc ), former annex of the Villa Hou Zée .
  15. ^ Pavillon de bains Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  16. ^ Villa Aujourd'hui Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  17. ^ Villa Ad Astra Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  18. ^ Villa La Cassine Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  19. ^ Villa Casa Estella Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  20. ↑ Former villa La Presqu'île de l'Ilette .
  21. ^ Villa Aigue-Marine Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  22. ↑ Structure destroyed, known from illustrated documents.
  23. ^ Villa Patenôtre Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  24. ^ Clos de la Garoupe Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  25. ^ Villa Le Clocher Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  26. ↑ Cottage d'Villa Eilenroc Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  27. ^ Villa Hier Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  28. ^ Villa La Folie Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  29. ↑ Cottage de la Garoupe Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  30. ^ Villa Piccola Bella Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  31. ^ Villa Moschetti Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
  32. ^ Villa du Bord de mer Base Mérimée ; Retrieved July 30, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Dierks, Barry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1960
Place of death France