Philippe de La Guepière
Philippe de La Guêpière (* 1715 in Sceaux near Paris ; † October 30, 1773 in Paris) was a French architect .
Life
From 1734 to 1736 he attended the Paris Académie d'architecture . In 1752 he was appointed court architect to the court of the Duchy of Württemberg .
He was one of those builders who turned away from Rococo and developed the architectural style further in the direction of classicism .
De La Guêpière directed the expansion of the New Palace in Stuttgart , drafted the plans for the Monrepos Lake Palace in Ludwigsburg and most of the rooms in the Solitude Palace near Stuttgart. In 1768 he left the Württemberg court and went back to Paris.
literature
- Hans Andreas Klaiber: The Württemberg chief building director Philippe de La Guêpière. A contribution to the art history of architecture at the end of the late baroque period (= publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series B: Research. 9, ISSN 0521-9884 ). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1959.
- Hans Klaiber: La Guêpière, Philippe de. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 413 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Schlösser-Magazin: Artists in the Castle ( Memento from September 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Guêpière, Philippe de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1715 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sceaux near Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1773 |
| Place of death | Paris |