Louis-Auguste Boileau

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Sainte-Marguerite Church in Le Vésinet
Saint-Paul Church in Montluçon

Louis-Auguste Boileau (born March 24, 1812 in Paris ; † February 12, 1896 ibid) was a French architect of historicism whose works are mainly committed to the neo-Gothic style.

Boileau began as a carpenter's journeyman in 1825, and in 1838 he set up his own workshop for church furniture . He worked with the architect Louis-Alexandre Piel, for whom he made church furniture. Louis-Auguste Boileau was one of the employees of the magazine L'Atelier founded by Philippe Buchez .

In 1843 he founded a wood carving school in Mirecourt in the Vosges . In 1846 Boileau built the Saint-Pierre-Fourier basilica in Mattaincourt , which was completed in 1856. In Paris he built the church of St-Eugène-Ste-Cécile in 1854/55 and in 1858/60 he was entrusted by the Pharmacie Centrale de France with the renovation of the Hôtel d'Aumont in Rue de Jouy.

Louis-Auguste Boileau was one of the first architects to use iron structures in church buildings. He wrote a book about the use of iron in architecture. He was a great admirer of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , who in turn criticized him heavily.

In 1876 he worked with Gustave Eiffel at the Parisian department store Le Bon Marché , the first modern iron and glass department store .

His son Louis-Charles Boileau (1837-1914) and his grandson Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878-1948) also worked as architects.

Buildings (selection)

literature

  • B. Foucart: La "cathédrale synthétique" de Louis-Auguste Boileau. In: Revue de l'Art , year 1969, No. 3, pp. 49–66.
  • Girard Patricia: Une dynastie d'architectes les Boileau. Oeuvres, travaux et projets de Louis-Auguste Boileau (1812–1896), Louis-Charles Boileau (1837–1914) and Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878–1948). 1993.
  • Bernard Marrey (Ed.): La Querelle du fer. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc versus Louis Auguste Boileau. Editions du Linteau, 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis-Alexandre Piel (* August 20, 1808 in Lisieux ; † December 19, 1841 in Bosco Marengo ), Am Teyssier: Notice biographique sur Louis-Alexandre Piel . Debécourt, Paris 1843
  2. ↑ Magasin Au Bon Marché http://www.greatbuildings.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Boileau, Louis-Auguste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1896
Place of death Paris