Thomas Lefebvre

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Thomas Lefèbvre (* 1636 in Brussels ; † 1720 ) was a painter and court architect from Baden.

Life

Thomas Lefèbvre was initially “peintre en miniature” at the court of Margrave Wilhelm in Baden-Baden . From November 29, 1669 he stayed at the court of Baden-Durlach , where he was valet and court painter. Margrave Friedrich Magnus made it possible for him to study in Venice from 1674 before he became court architect in 1688, replacing Georg Andreas Böckler . Despite this position, he was unable to implement his proposals in 1689 when planning the rebuilding of Durlach and Karlsburg . Lefèbvre envisioned a new type of model or test city, which, however, was decidedly rejected by the residents, among others. Instead, Domenico Egidio Rossi created the plans for the reconstruction after the great fire. Lefèbvre's two-year fortress imprisonment in Philippsburg ended in 1698; afterwards Lefèbvre was allowed to supervise the construction of the Durlach Castle and thus control the plans of his former competitor Rossi. In 1704 he became a building officer, after 1709 senior building officer. In 1714 Johann Heinrich Schwartz († 1727) was his successor as margrave builder.

Works (in selection)

  • 1687/88: Plans for the new construction of Durlach and Karlsburg
  • before 1689: Wingertschlösschen in Durlach (demolished in the 1950s)
  • 1698–1704: Margravial Palace in Basel
  • 1699: Augustenburg Castle is rebuilt
  • 1700–1702: Knielingen Protestant Church (repair)
  • 1711: Durlach Orangery
  • 1711: Castle in Pforzheim

literature

  • Anna Maria Renner: Thomas Lefèbvre. An unknown builder from Baden. in: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine 90 (NF 51), 1938, p. 207ff.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Lefèbvre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Durlach story
  2. ↑ Silent contemporary witnesses ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stille-zeitzeugen.de
personal data
SURNAME Lefebvre, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lefebure, Thomas; Lefebvre, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Painter and court architect from Baden
DATE OF BIRTH 1636
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH 1720