Joseph Brousseau

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Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797) was an architect active in Limousin, France, in the 18th century.[1] His work includes Château de Faye, Limoges, Lycée Gay-Lussac, the bishops Palace in Limousin, Chapel of the Visitation, various castles in the vicinity of Limoges, and the Episcopal Palace of the Sée in Normandy.

## Early life

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Born in Solignac in Haute-Vienne to 1733 He was the fourth of ten children, to Jean Brousseau, a Carpenter, and Catherine Boudet. He was baptised in the parish of Sainte-Félicité de Limoges, near Pont Saint-Martial on 17 September.[2]

Brousseau grew up in Limoges.[3] 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 Sées on February 5, 1797.

## Corpus of work

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Sées Cathedral

He completed numerous projects[4] including:

* Château de Sainte – Feyre, on the bases of the feudal Castle near Guéret (Creuse), 1760
* Château de Salvanet
* Castle of the husk, Veyrac, 1763
* Château de Beauvais, Limoges, 1765
* Palace of the bishopric, Limoges, 1766[5]
* Musée de l'Evêché[6][7]
* New facade of the college of Limoges (now Lycée Gay-Lussac), 1767
* Chapel of the Visitation, Limoges, 1771
* Rigoulene hotel, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 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,[8][9] 1775
* Renovation of the Church Saint-Sylvain, Ahun, 1775
* Château de Salvanet, Saint-Priest-Taurion, 1776
* Palace of the bishopric, Sées, 1778
* Convent of Providence, Limoges, 1779
* Renovation and development of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Sées,[10] Sées, 1780
* Château de Faye, Flavignac, 1782
* Convent of Augustins, Mortemart, 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

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* Palais de l'évêché à Limoges.

* Couvent des Augustins à Mortemart.

* Château de Salvanet à St-Priest-Taurion.

* Façade du Lycée Gay-Lussac à Limoges.

## References

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1. ^ Joseph Brousseau Biographical Information.
2. ^ Christian Taillard, Joseph Brousseau. Architecte limousin au temps des lumières, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 1992, p533.
3. ^ City Excursions – Ville de Limoges.
4. ^ Christian Taillard, Joseph Brousseau, (Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 1992).
5. ^ The Bishops' Palace.
6. ^ Musée de l'Evêché.
7. ^ Guide to Limousin's Museums.
8. ^ La Petite France
9. ^ Sees, at Voyage France.com.
10. ^ Sées, Cathédrale Notre-Dame at mapping Gothic france.org.

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