Summary
Louis Jules César "Louis-Jules" Bouchot (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒyl buʃo]; 12 August 1817 – 15 August 1907) was a 19th-century French architect responsible in particular for the construction of the Nice and Milan railway stations.
Louis-Jules Bouchot | |
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 Bouchot in 1848 | |
| Born | Louis Jules César Bouchot 12 August 1817 |
| Died | 15 August 1907 (aged 90) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
Biography edit
Louis-Jules Bouchot was born 12 août 1817[1] at No 47 rue de Seine in Paris, from Félix Bouchot, an employee of the General Post Office administration, and Adélaïde Louise Étienne.[2]
A student of the 1834 class, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of his uncle, Alphonse de Gisors.
He alternated work with institutional commissions and private orders.
Chief architect of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) before becoming the official architect of the French government,[3] he was one of the recipients of the rare album of the PLM railway commissioned in 1859 by James de Rothschild to photographer Édouard Baldus.[4]
Bouchot died 15 August 1907[5] at his home No 6 rue de l'université in Paris.[6] His funeral was held in the French capital, followed by a religious ceremony at église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin then the burial at Montparnasse Cemetery.[7]
Realisations edit
- Palais de justice de Tarbes (1850)
- Château Talabot (Bastide du Roucas-Blanc)[8] Marseille for Paulin Talabot (1860)
- Hôtel des Docks[9] à Marseille (1863). Classified as a Monument historique.
- The old Milan Central railway station (1864), (demolished after 1931)
- Gare de Valence-Ville
- Gare d'Avignon-Centre[10] (1866)
- Gare de Nice-Ville (PLM) (1865–1867)
- Gare de Toulon (Reconstruction after the fire that destroyed the station of architect Laroze)
- Ministère de la Défense at 231 boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris. (1866-1883)
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Milan railway station in 1864 -
Nice railway station in 1865 -
Facade of Valence-Ville railway station. -
Facade of gare d'Avignon-Centre railway station.
Distinctions edit
Bouchot was made a chevalier in the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur 12 August 1860 and was promoted an officer on 5 February 1878.[11]
Bust of Louis-Jules Bouchot edit
A bust of Louis-Jules Bouchot was cast by Gustave Adolphe Désiré Crauk. The musée des beaux-arts de Valenciennes preserves a plaster copy and the Musée d'Orsay a bronze that belonged to the sculptor's widow before its acquisition in 1928.[12]
References edit
- ^ Site Structurae, Louis-Jules Bouchot read (accessdate 16 August 2017).
- ^ Base Léonore, dossier, p. 5.
- ^ Site rha.revues.org, Michaël Bourlet, L’îlot Saint-Germain au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles : L’édification du 231, boulevard Saint-Germain read (accessdate = 16 August 2017)
- ^ Site drouot.com, Result of sales on 24 January 2003, 25 photos of the architect Jules Bouchot total 115,000 euros read (retrieved 16 August 2017).
- ^ "Architecte / Maître d'œuvre : Louis-Jules Bouchot". pss-archi.eu (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2017..
- ^ Base Léonore, dossier, p. 3.
- ^ "Dernière heure (rubrique)". Journal des débats politiques et littéraires (in French). 18 August 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2017..
- ^ Bastide du Roucas-Blanc
- ^ [Site pss-archi.eu Hôtel des Docks read (accessdate 16 August 2017).]
- ^ François Pourpardin, Les bâtiments voyageurs édifiés le long de la ligne impériale (La Compagnie du PLM : les gares de l'architecte Jules Bouchot), in Revue d'histoire des chemins de fer, No 38, 2008, (pp. 59-71) read (accessdate 16 August 2017).
- ^ Base Léonore, dossier, p. 1.
- ^ Base Joconde: Jules Bouchot, architecte, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
Bibliography edit
- Jean-Claude Daufresne, 7. Louis-Jules Bouchot (1817-1907) : à l'Odéon de 1854 à 1897, in Théâtre de l'Odéon: architecture, décors, musée, Éditions Mardaga, 2004 ISBN 9782870098738, (pp. 78–90)
- François Pourpardin, Les bâtiments voyageurs édifiés le long de la ligne impériale (La Compagnie du PLM : les gares de l'architecte Jules Bouchot), in Revue d’histoire des chemins de fer, No 38, 2008, (pp. 59–71).
- "Jules Louis Bouchot". Base Léonore (in French). Paris: Archives nationales. pp. 1–11. cote LH/307/57, notice L0307057. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
External links edit
- 60 millions pour une verrue à la gare SNCF on Le Monde (13 April 2012)
- Louis-Jules Bouchot on Prosopo
- Site Srtucturae : Louis-Jules Bouchot on structurae
- BOUCHOT Louis Jules César on prosopo.php
- Louis-Jules Bouchot on Pininterest
