Emile Vuilloud

Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception, Monthey

Notre-Dame, Vevey 1869–72

Emile Vuilloud (born June 30, 1822 in Monthey ; died September 17, 1889 in Morgins ) was a Swiss architect who mainly built churches and public buildings in the canton of Valais and Vaud , as well as villas.

Education and career

Nothing is known about an academic education Vuillouds, who attended schools in France (namely in Bonneville and Meylan ). A one-year internship with the Geneva architect Samuel Darier (1808–84) as well as a painting course in Besançon and from 1846 studying music there is mentioned. A largely autodidactic education is therefore likely. Emile Vuilloud was a drawing teacher at the Collège de Saint-Maurice (from 1850 until his death), he was also a painter and musician. In the course of his career, his architectural work changed from predominantly classicist buildings such as Notre-Dame in Monthey (1855), partly with baroque elements, such as the Casino in Sion (1864), to neo-Gothic designs, such as the parish church of Vevey .

Works (selection)

• Parish Church , Monthey 1851–55
• Parish Church , Collombey 1862–74
• Casino , Sion 1863-64
• Parish Church , Aigle 1863–66
• Parish church , Turtmann 1863–67
• Municipal House, Troistorrents 1866
• Town hall , Martigny 1866–67
• Grenette , (market hall), Sion 1866–69
• Parish Church , Vevey 1869–72
• Parish Church , Vex 1869–77 (broken off)
• English chapel , Zermatt 1870
• Parish Church , Echallens 1882–83
• Parish Church , Moudon 1889–90
• Parish Church , Ardon, project 1883 (erected posthumously in 1892)
• Parish church , Leytron, project 1887 (built 1897–99 posthumously)
• House Emile Vullioud , Monthey
• House Lommel , Monthey
• Villa des Ifs , Monthey

literature

• Gaëtan Cassina: Vuilloud, Emile. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 558

Web links

• Vanessa Giannò Talamona: Vuilloud, Emile. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .