Name Joseph Brousseau | Died 1797, Sees, France | |
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Joseph Brousseau (1733 - 1797) was an architect active in Limousin, France in the 18th Century, 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.
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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 Carpenter, 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 Sées on February 5, 1797.
Corpus of work
He completed numerous projects including: