Places to see in ( Nantes - France )
Places to see in ( Nantes - France )
Nantes, a city on the Loire River in the Upper Brittany region of western France, has a long history as a port and industrial center. It's home to the restored, medieval Château des Ducs de Bretagne, where the Dukes of Brittany once lived. The castle is now a local history museum with multimedia exhibits, as well as a walkway atop its fortified ramparts.
Nantes is the capital city of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique département, and it is the largest city in traditional Brittany and in the whole Grand-Ouest (northwestern France). Together with Vannes, Rennes and Carhaix, it was one of the major cities of the historic province of Brittany and the ancient Duchy of Brittany. Nantes is still widely regarded as its capital city.
The Nantes Tramway opened in 1985, a reversal of the trend of tramway closures that had been going on since the middle of the 20th century. The tramway system is one of the largest and busiest in France. The city also has a Busway line, an innovative and notable bus rapid transit. Nantes is served by an international airport, Nantes Atlantique Airport and a major French railway station, the Gare de Nantes.
Nantes is located on the banks of the Loire River, at the confluence of the Erdre and the Sèvre Nantaise, 55 kilometres (34 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean. The city was built in a place where many branches of the Loire river created several islands, but most of those branches were filled in at the beginning of the 20th century (and the confluence with the Erdre river diverted and covered) due to the increasing car traffic. Nantes is the central point of the land hemisphere (the half of the earth containing the largest possible area of land).
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Nantes has many Catholic churches, among which the most famous are:
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (colloquially called Cathédrale Saint-Pierre).
Église Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (also known as Basilica of Saint-Louis).
Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes (Basilica of Saint-Nicolas, erected in 1844).
Église Sainte-Croix (once designed as the chapel of Bouffay castle built during medieval times, then destroyed in the 19th century).
Église Saint-Clément.
Église Saint-Similien.
There are three mosques in the city, built through a partnership between the local Muslim communities and the city government that began in 2009:
Mosquée Arrahma
Mosquée des Turcs de Nantes
Mosquée Assalam
Synagogues:
Synagogue de Nantes - dating from 1870 and located on Rue Copernic . The Buddhist community is served by the *Centre d'étude et de méditation du Bouddhisme Tibétain de Nantes
Bouffay district, with its place Bouffay is the city's medieval and oldest district close to the castle and the cathedral.
Place du Commerce, the city's main square with the Palais de la Bourse on it.
Place Royale, a historical square with a large fountain in its center representing the Loire river.
Place Graslin, a historic square featuring the Théâtre Graslin and world-famous brasserie La Cigale.
Place Général Mellinet.
Place Maréchal Foch, a historical square with the statue of Louis XVI erected on a pillar in its center.
Crebillon and Orleans streets, avenues lined with luxury boutiques linked to each other by Place Royale.
Île Feydeau.
Marché de Talensac (Talensac market), the oldest and main public market.
Quai de la Fosse, the historical harbor of Nantes.
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Statue équestre de Louis XIV (Versailles)
Versailles (prononcer [vɛʁ.sɑj]) est une commune française située dans le département des Yvelines, dans la région Île-de-France, mondialement connue pour son château ainsi que pour ses jardins, sites classés sous l’égide de l'UNESCO dans la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’humanité. D'après le recensement de 2012, la population de la ville est de 85 424 habitants1, après un pic de 94 145 habitants en 1975.
Ville nouvelle, créée par la volonté du roi Louis XIV, elle fut le siège du pouvoir politique français pendant un siècle, de 1682 à 1789, avant de devenir le berceau de la Révolution française. Après avoir perdu son statut de ville royale, elle devint le chef-lieu d’un département, celui de Seine-et-Oise en 1790 puis celui des Yvelines en 1968, et d'un évêché. Versailles est aussi historiquement connue pour avoir été le lieu de signature de nombreux traités comme le Traité de Paris (1783), qui termina la Guerre d'indépendance américaine et le traité de Versailles signé à l'issue de la Première Guerre mondiale.
Située dans la banlieue ouest de la capitale française, à 17,1 km du centre de Paris, Versailles est au xxie siècle une ville résidentielle aisée avec une économie principalement tertiaire et constitue une destination touristique internationale de premier plan. C'est toujours à Versailles que se réunissent en congrès au château, députés et sénateurs, pour y ratifier toute modification de la constitution. Siège de l'Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin (UVSQ) et accueillant de nombreuses entreprises, la ville fait partie du projet de cluster technologique Paris-Saclay.
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Places to see in ( Nantes - France ) Eglise Sainte Croix
Places to see in ( Nantes - France ) Eglise Sainte Croix
The Holy Cross Church is a church of Nantes built xvii th century in style classic and modified the xix th century. The building is in the district of Bouffay which it is the parish church since 1138. The parish register bears, on the date of February 8 , 1828, the transcription of the act of birth and baptism of Jules Verne. The south side of the church is bordered by the Sainte-Croix passage .
The origin of the building is uncertain, but from the xi th century Benedictine of Marmoutier (Tours) had a priory including Saint Martin's Chapel was located at the current location of the choir of the church. Then the building became a chapel for the Bouffay castle adjoining it.
The actual construction of the present church began in the xvii th century. From 1669 to 1685 , the nave is built in flamboyant Gothic style. The bedside consisted of three altars leaning against a flat wall. The facade, overlooking the Place Sainte-Croix , is adorned in the purest classical style, with columns and antique pediment. In 1839 , the architect Théodore Nau made the choir in flamboyant style, like the nave. During the Terror , the church is used as a prison. InApril 1794While prisoners are still incarcerated there, the National District officer wrote that the Holy Cross church is so infected that no one dared to go there . Jean-Baptiste Carrier held speeches from the pulpit .
The altar of the right aisle is the only surviving altar of the xvii th century. The pulpit, Louis XV style, is solid mahogany and wrought iron railing is listed monument. The stalls date from the xviii th century . The high altar, in white marble and gilded wood, is the work of the sculptor Thomas Louis. It was consecrated1 st September 1844. The holy table, in white marble, is dated 1903.
In this sanctuary, Our Lady is invoked Bon-Secours, venerated in Nantes from the xv th century in the island of Saulzaie (eastern part of the Ile Feydeau ). A chapel was dedicated to him at the corner of quai Turenne and rue Bon-Secours . When it was destroyed in 1793 , the statue of the Virgin was saved by parishioners who kept it in their family until 1920 , when it was returned to the parish. Sheltered in the crypt of the cathedral of Nantes during the Second World War , the statue was however damaged by the Allied bombing of June 15 , 1944. Restored in 1945 , it now adorns the niche to the left of the altar of Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours. It houses since 1903 a statue executed in 1864 by the sculptor Émilien Cabuchet .
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Le 21 Janvier 2012 par l'URBVM
Comme chaque année, l'URBVM organisait un dépôt de gerbe devant la statue de Louis XVI, en rendant honneur au défunt Roi et plus largement aux victimes des Guerres de l'Ouest.
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Palaces and Castles of France
Palaces and Castles of France
Versailles, Chenonceau, Chambord, Élisée, Chantilly, Carcassonne, Tau, Vitré, Beynac, Haut-Koenigsbourg, Plessis-Bourré, Sully-sur-Loire, Villandry, Luxembourg, Saumur, Chaumont, Rambouillet, Vaux le Vicomte, Popes´ Palace, Fontainebleau, Cheverny, Fougères, Pierrefonds, Bannes, Langeais, Auzers, Valençay and Rohan
Châteaux of the Loire Valley
The Châteaux of the Loire Valley are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Nantes, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the Loire River in France. They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France.
By the middle of the 16th century, King François I had shifted the center of power in France from the Loire back to the ancient capital of Paris. With him went the great architects, but the Loire Valley continued to be the place where most of the French royalty preferred to spend the bulk of their time. The ascension to the throne of King Louis XIV in the middle of the 17th century made Paris the permanent site for great royal châteaux when he built the Palace of Versailles. Nonetheless, those who gained the king's favour and the wealthy bourgeoisie continued to renovate existing châteaux or build lavish new ones as their summer residence in the Loire.
The French Revolution saw a number of the great French châteaux destroyed and many ransacked, their treasures stolen. The overnight impoverishment of many of the deposed nobility, usually after one of its members lost his or her head to the guillotine, saw many châteaux demolished. During World War I and World War II, some chateaux were commandeered as military headquarters. Some of these continued to be used this way after the end of World War II.
Today, these privately owned châteaux serve as homes, a few open their doors to tourist visits, while others are operated as hotels or bed and breakfasts. Many have been taken over by a local government authority, or the giant structures like those at Chambord are owned and operated by the national government and are major tourist sites, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
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LA PLACE DE LA CONCORDE PARIS
La Ville de Paris, en la personne de ses échevins et de son prévôt des marchands, décide, en 1748, d'ériger une statue équestre de Louis XV pour fêter le rétablissement du roi après la maladie dont il a été atteint à Metz. Un concours est lancé pour trouver le meilleur emplacement, concours auquel participent dix-neuf architectes, parmi lesquels Germain Boffrand et Jacques-Germain Soufflot. L'un d'eux, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, propose de retenir une simple esplanade de terre battue, sans fonction, sans dessin, qui se situe au bout du jardin des Tuileries, et qu'on appelle « esplanade du Pont-Tournant », en référence à un pont de bois qui enjambe alors le fossé bordant la terrasse des Tuileries. Bien qu'excentré, l'endroit peut servir à l'urbanisation des nouveaux quartiers qui tendent à se construire vers l'ouest de la capitale, dans le faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Le Roi est propriétaire de l'essentiel de ces terrains, ce qui permet de limiter les expropriations nécessaires. Avant même que la décision ait été officiellement prise, des négociations ont été engagées avec les héritiers de John Law, propriétaires de terrains qui empiètent sur l'emplacement nécessaire à la création, à cet endroit, d'une place royale, inscrite dans le vaste réseau de places royales qui vont, à Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux, Dijon, Nantes ou Montpellier, théâtraliser la représentation équestre de Louis XV. Espace de parade pour la statue, ces places se développent selon un principe qui va rester, à Paris, très ouvert, parce qu'elle s'inscrit dans une zone encore vierge d'urbanisation. Valorisée par les façades dessinées par Gabriel, la place Louis XV devient un intermède architectural entre les frondaisons des Tuileries et l'échappée verte des Champs-Élysées.
En 1753, un concours est ouvert pour l'aménagement de l'esplanade, réservé aux membres de l'Académie royale d'architecture. Gabriel, directeur de l'Académie en sa qualité de Premier architecte du Roi, est chargé d'établir un projet empruntant les meilleures idées émises par les concurrents. Bénéficiant du soutien de Madame de Pompadour, qui supervisera l'ensemble des travaux, son projet est accepté en 1755. L'accord entre la Ville de Paris, les représentants du Roi et les héritiers de Law est signé en 1758. En échange des terrains qu'ils cèdent, les héritiers recevront le bâtiment situé au nord-ouest de la place ainsi que les terrains à construire de part et d'autre de la future rue Royale. Ils consentent à payer la construction des façades de tous les bâtiments dont ils auront la propriété et acceptent la servitude de galeries publiques sur la place.
Commencée par Edme Bouchardon et achevée par Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, la statue équestre de Louis XV est inaugurée le 20 juin 1763. Elle est placée au centre de l'esplanade, face à l'est, à l'intersection de l'axe de la nouvelle rue Royale, qui relie la Madeleine à la Seine, et de l'axe du jardin des Tuileries et de l'avenue des Champs-Élysées. Le roi est vêtu à la romaine, coiffé d'un catogan et couronné de lauriers. Le piédestal, dû à Jean-François Chalgrin, est orné de bas-reliefs et, à chaque angle, d'une statue de bronze évoquant les vertus du Roi : la Force, la Justice, la Prudence et la Paix. Comme le monarque est devenu, à l'époque de l'inauguration de la statue, largement impopulaire, on la chansonne en ces termes :
Ah ! la belle statue, ah ! le beau piédestal,
Les vertus sont à pied et le vice à cheval.
Le 30 mai 1770, la place est le théâtre d'un évènement dramatique : alors qu'un feu d'artifice est tiré en l'honneur du mariage du dauphin et de l'archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, 133 personnes périssent piétinées et étouffées lors d'une panique provoquée par un incendie déclenché par la chute d'une fusée.
Ce n'est qu'en 1772 que la place est totalement achevée. Une enceinte octogonale, pourvue d'une balustrade, bordée de fossés de 20 mètres de large et cantonnée de guérites, est créée pour ceindre ce vaste espace. Seul le côté nord de la place est bâti, ce qui dégage la vue sur la Seine. Une partie du programme ne sera toutefois jamais réalisée : ainsi, Gabriel avait prévu de surmonter les guérites de groupes sculptés représentant des trophées, et de créer deux fontaines de part et d'autre de la statue ; en outre, les deux grands bâtiments au nord de la place devaient être encadrés, légèrement en retrait, par deux hôtels plus petits et identiques. La place est baptisée place Louis-XV. En 1776, l'espace intérieur est divisé en quatre compartiments de gazon entourés de barrières peintes en vert.
Serpent d’Océan | A Massive Metal Sea Serpent Skeleton on a Beach in France
Serpent d’Océan | A Massive Metal Sea Serpent Skeleton on a Beach in France
Stuck in a perpetual state of decay on the French shore at Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, the massive metal sculpture entitled, Serpent D'Océan is a terrifying vision with an environmental message.
The skeletal serpent was unveiled in 2012 as part of the Estuaire art exhibition which invites international artists to create large-scale works using the environment surrounding the Loire River between Nantes to Saint-Nazaire. The work was created by Chinese-French artist Huang Yong Ping, who used the rough iconography of China's mythological dragons to design the over 400 foot long art monster. The beast is posed in slithering movement despite being nothing more than bones, giving the dull metal frame an unsettlingly life-like quality.
The message behind the piece seems to be one of environmental nostalgia, as though man's mistreatment of the oceans is killing not only its life, but its very wonder and fantasy. The serpent's curves roughly mirror the twists and turns of the nearby Saint-Nazaire bridge linking the piece to the very modern progress it seems to be speaking on. However, the work is read, the aspect that is without debate is the menace projected by the fearfully undead snake.
Given its location on the shore, the Serpent D'Océan can be seen as a strangely living creature rising from the ocean waters or a purposefully preserved skeleton held above the shallow waves depending on the level of the tide upon a given visit. But despite the changing tides, fantasy, art, and horror have rarely been so steadfastly intertwined.
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Cherbourg, Normandy - France 4K Travel Channel
Cherbourg, the port city on the northern tip of the Cotentin peninsula, is influenced by its location to the sea and by shipping.
The city became internationally known by the movie Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) with Catherine Deneuve from the year 1964.
But the history goes further into the past. Already the Romans set up an army camp here. Around the year 1000, the castle was built and in the 14th century the city was fortified with a wall. During the 100-years war the city was fought over multiple times until it finally became French in 1450. King Louis XIV. extended the fortress and set up a naval port. Napoleon improved the roadstead and strengthened it with fortresses.
In the 2nd World War Cherbourg was hard-fought after the invasion of Normandy, until it was finally developed into the most important supply base. Today Cherbourg benefited economically from the naval base and the nearby nuclear reprocessing plant at La Hague.
The longest roadstead of the world protects a seaport, a Marina and a base of the navy from the waves of the English Channel. Since 2013, 2 heat pumps, with a capacity of 1 MW each, are in the operation in the quarter La Divette. They produce 84% of the required heat of the quarter.
We start with our walk through Cherbourg at the marina and have a first glance at the roadstead and the fortress.
On the other side of the harbor, we explore the area around Place Napoleon. An equestrian statue was erected in his honor and a hotel was named after Napoleon. Opposite is the mayor's office. The Gothic Basilique Sainte Trinité was built in 1466 on the ruins of earlier church.
The narrow streets convey a unique atmosphere. The houses are built of slate which was won in the area. Small restaurants and cafes invite you to linger.
We happen by chance the shop in the Rue du Port, that served as backdrop for the movie Les Parapluies De Cherbourg. At the port we allow ourselves a relaxing breakfast and enjoy the sunshine before heading to the commercial center of the city, to the Rue du Commerce.
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Cherbourg, die Hafenstadt an der Nordspitze der Halbinsel Cotentin ist durch das Meer und die Schifffahrt geprägt.
International bekannt geworden ist der Ort durch den Film „Les Parapluies de Cherbourg“ (Die Regenschirme von Cherbourg) mit Catherine Deneuve aus dem Jahr 1964.
Doch die Geschichte reicht weiter in die Vergangenheit. Bereits die Römer errichteten hier ein Heerlager. Um das Jahr 1000 wurde das Schloss errichtet und im 14. Jahrhundert die Stadt mit einer Stadtmauer versehen. Während des 100-jährigen Krieges war die Stadt einige Male umkämpft bis sie 1450 endgültig französisch wurde. König Ludwig der XIV. ließ die Festung ausbauen und einen Kriegshafen einrichten. Napoleon baute die Reede aus verstärkte sie mit Festungen.
Im 2. Weltkrieg war Cherbourg nach der Invasion in der Normandie schwer umkämpft, bis es schließlich zur wichtigsten Nachschubbasis ausgebaut werden konnte. Heute profitiert Cherbourg wirtschaftlich von der Marinebasis und der nahe gelegenen Atom Wiederaufbereitungsanlage La Hague.
Ein Seehafen, eine Marina und ein Stützpunkt der Marine werden durch die längste Reede der Welt vor den Wellen des Ärmelkanals geschützt. Seit 2013 sind im Viertel la Divette 2 Wärmepumpen von jeweils 1 MW in Betrieb und erzeugen 84 % des Wärmebedarfs des Viertels.
Wir beginnen unseren Rundgang durch Cherbourg beim Sportboothafen und können einen ersten Blick auf die Reede und die Festung werfen.
Anschließend wechseln wir zur anderen Seite des Hafenbeckens und erkunden die Umgebung des Place Napoleon. Ein Reiterdenkmal ihm zu Ehren wurde errichtet sowie ein Hotel nach ihm benannt. Gegenüber liegt das Bürgermeisteramt. Die gotische Basilique Sainte Trinité wurde 1466 auf den Trümmern der zuvor zerstörten Kirche errichtet.
Die engen Gassen vermitteln eine eigene Atmosphäre. Die Häuser sind aus Schiefer gebaut, der in der Umgebung gewonnen wurde. Kleine Restaurants und Cafes laden zum Verweilen ein.
Zufällig passieren wir das Geschäft in der Rue du Port, das in dem der Film „Les Parapluies de Cherbourg“ als Kulisse diente. Am Hafen genehmigen wir uns ein Frühstück und genießen die Sonnenstrahlen bevor wir zum kommerziellen Zentrum der Stadt um die Rue du Commerce aufbrechen.
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Porte du Peyrou triumphal arch in Montpellier, France
For anyone wanting to know what the Porte du Peyrou arch of triumph in Montpellier, France looks like in HD video as opposed to just a picture, this short video shows it. This arch was built in the 1690's to honor the Sun King, Louis XIV and depicts in the 4 inlays, 4 significant events during his reign (which are well described in Wikipedia among other places. One of the 4 is the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes which had granted religious tolerance and freedom from persecution of France's protestant population, the Huguenots. The revocation ended up causing many of these industrious folk to leave France and in my view, is not anything to be proud of at all. I am seeing it as part of the Viking Cruises walking tour of Montpellier during the optional tour Montpellier and Chateau Flaugerges on November 27, 2018.
Château de Versailles, Versailles - Île-de-France -#France ???????? #french -chaEUR - #GoogleEarth
Le château de Versailles est un château et un monument historique français qui se situe à Versailles, dans les Yvelines, en France. Il fut la résidence des rois de FranceLouis XIV, Louis XV et Louis XVI. Le roi et la cour y résidèrent de façon permanente du 6 mai 1682 au 6 octobre 1789, à l'exception des années de la Régence de 1715 à 1723. Situés au sud-ouest de Paris, ce château et son domaine visaient à glorifier la monarchie française.
Le château est constitué d'une succession d'éléments ayant une harmonie architecturale. Il s'étale sur 63 154 m2, répartis en 2 300 pièces, dont, actuellement, 1 000 pièces de musée1.
Le parc du château de Versailles s'étend sur 815 ha, contre environ 8 000 ha avant la Révolution française, dont 93 ha de jardins. Il comprend de nombreux éléments, dont le Petit et le Grand Trianon (qui fut également résidence de Napoléon Ier, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe Ier, et Napoléon III), le hameau de la Reine, le Grand et le Petit Canal, une ménagerie (aujourd’hui détruite), une orangerie et la pièce d'eau des Suisses.
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Louis XIV of France | Wikipedia audio article
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Louis XIV of France
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Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death in 1715. Starting on 14 May 1643 when Louis was 4 years old, his reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country in European history. In the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's France was a leader in the growing centralisation of power.Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin. An adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work of creating a centralised state governed from the capital. He sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism persisting in parts of France and, by compelling many members of the nobility to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles, succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy, many members of which had participated in the Fronde rebellion during Louis' minority. By these means he became one of the most powerful French monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution.
Louis encouraged and benefited from the work of prominent political, military, and cultural figures such as Mazarin, Colbert, Louvois, the Grand Condé, Turenne, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, André Charles Boulle, Molière, Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Lully, Marais, Le Brun, Rigaud, Bossuet, Le Vau, Mansart, Charles, Claude Perrault, and Le Nôtre. Under his rule, the Edict of Nantes, which granted rights to Huguenots, was abolished. The revocation effectively forced Huguenots to emigrate or convert in a wave of dragonnades, which managed to virtually destroy the French Protestant minority.
During Louis' reign, France was the leading European power, and it fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. There were also two lesser conflicts: the War of Devolution and the War of the Reunions. Warfare defined the foreign policy of Louis XIV, and his personality shaped his approach. Impelled by a mix of commerce, revenge, and pique, Louis sensed that warfare was the ideal way to enhance his glory. In peacetime he concentrated on preparing for the next war. He taught his diplomats that their job was to create tactical and strategic advantages for the French military.
Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1890) A collection of paintings 4K Ultra HD
Auguste Toulmouche (September 21, 1829 – October 16, 1890) was a French painter known for his luxurious portraits of Parisian women.
Auguste Toulmouche was born in Nantes to Émile Toulmouche, a well-to-do broker, and Rose Sophie Mercier. He studied drawing and sculpture locally with the sculptor Amédée Ménard and painting with the portraitist Biron before moving to Paris in 1846 to study with the painter Charles Gleyre.
He was said to be one of Gleyre's favored students, and he exhibited his first paintings at the Paris Salon in 1848 when he was just 19.
He exhibited again in 1849 and 1850, by which time he has begun to specialize in portraits.
Toulmouche painted in an idealizing version of the dominant academic realist style, and his subjects were frequently Parisian women who belonged to the upper bourgeoisie.
His work was popular in both France and America, and the emperor Napoleon III bought one of his portraits, La fille (The Girl), for his future empress Eugénie in 1852, with further purchases by the imperial family the following year confirming Toulmouche's status as a fashionable painter.
He was generally approved by critics, winning medals at the Paris Salon in 1852 and 1861, and he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1870.
During his heyday, his reputation was comparable to that of artists like Alfred Stevens and Carolus-Duran. However, with their emphasis on sumptuous clothing and richly furnished domestic interiors, his paintings were also dismissed by some critics as elegant trifles, and the writer Émile Zola referred somewhat dismissively to the delicious dolls of Toulmouche.
With the rise of Impressionism in the 1870s, his popularity suffered a decline from which it never recovered.
By his 1861 marriage to Marie Lecadre, daughter of Nantes lawyer Alphonse Henri Lecadre, Toulmouche became a cousin by marriage of the painter Claude Monet. Toulmouche sent the young Monet to study with Gleyre.
In 1870, Toulmouche joined one of the battalions defending Paris against the German invasion in the Franco-Prussian War. After the war ended, he spent more time at the Abbey of Blanche Couronne near Nantes, which was part of a large estate inherited by his wife on the death of her father.
He built a workshop on the abbey grounds and invited many Parisian friends to spend time there, including Geneviève Halévy, José-Maria de Heredia, Paul Baudry, Elie Delaunay, Ernest Reyer, and the young Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
Toulmouche died suddenly in Paris following an episode of syncope, and he is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
Much of his work is still in private collections, but the Louvre, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, hold examples of his
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