Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797) was an

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active in

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, France, in the 18th century. His work includes Château de Faye, Limoges, Lycée Gay-Lussac, the bishops Palace in

, Chapel of the Visitation, various castles in the vicinity of

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, and the Episcopal Palace of the Sée in

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Early life

Born in Solignac in Haute-Vienne to 1733 He was the fourth of ten children, to Jean Brousseau, a

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, and Catherine Boudet. He was baptised in the parish of Sainte-Félicité de Limoges, near Pont Saint-Martial on 17 September. Brousseau grew up in Limoges. He learned ''"on the job"'' building trades, into hollow where it stone-cutter and fitter. He then begins to draw plans himself and learned the trade of a master architect. He was then, from the 1760s, assign different achievements and became known in the region. His first project as architect was the castle of Sainte-Feyre, it was built on the foundations of the ancient fortress between 1758 and 1762. He died at

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on February 5, 1797.

Corpus of work

He completed numerous projects including: *Château de Sainte – Feyre, on the bases of the feudal Castle near Guéret (

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), 1760 * Château de Salvanet *Castle of the husk, Veyrac, 1763 * Château de Beauvais,

, 1765 *Palace of the bishopric, Limoges, 1766 * Musée de l'Evêché *New facade of the college of Limoges (now Lycée Gay-Lussac), 1767 *Chapel of the Visitation, Limoges, 1771 *Rigoulene hotel,

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, 1772 *The Boucher House, at the corner of streets golden Jug and the Consulate, Limoges, 1772 *Renovation and development of the general hospital of Limoges, Limoges, 1773 *Reconstruction of the church Notre-Dame, * Argentre-du-plessis, 1775 *Renovation of the Church Saint-Sylvain,

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, 1775 *Château de Salvanet, Saint-Priest-Taurion, 1776 *Palace of the bishopric,

, 1778 *Convent of Providence, Limoges, 1779 *Renovation and development of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Sées, Sées, Cathédrale Notre-Dame
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, 1780 *

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, 1782 *Convent of Augustins,

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, 1785 *Château de Lavergne, Saint-Priest-Ligoure, 1785 *Redevelopment of the choir of the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne de Limoges, Limoges, 1788 *Château de Guéret, current Museum of the Sénatorerie

Gallery

Image:Limoges St-Etienne cathedral.jpg, Palais de l'évêché à Limoges. Image:Mortemart-couvent-des-augustins.jpg, Couvent des Augustins à Mortemart. Image:Salvanet.jpg, Château de Salvanet à St-Priest-Taurion. Image:Lycée Gay-Lussac - Limoges.JPG, Façade du Lycée Gay-Lussac à Limoges.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brousseau, Joseph 1733 births 1797 deaths 18th-century French architects French neoclassical architects