Victor Louis
Victor Louis was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755.Life
He was born Louis-Nicolas Louis in Paris. He did not adopt the name Victor until after he returned from a trip to Poland in 1765. In 1770 he married the pianist and composer Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon. They had a daughter, Marie-Hélène-Victoire, in 1774. A full biography of Victor Louis was published by Charles Marionneau in Bordeaux in 1881.Work
Louis' masterpiece is the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux of 1780. He also designed other theatres, including the theatre of the Comédie-Française on the rue de Richelieu and the Théâtre National de la rue de la Loi. Other buildings include the Intendance in Besançon, the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal in Paris, the Salle de Beaujolais, and the Château du Bouilh near Bordeaux.Gallery
