Biography of Andre Lenotra

Biography of the early years Andre Lenotre was born in Paris in a family of landscaping masters. His grandfather, in all likelihood, was Pierre Lenotre [2], who first supplied the seeds of plants and manure to the court of Maria Medici, and then from a year became a gardener of the Tuilery Palace. Andre was born on March 12 of the year and on the same day was baptized in the church of St.

Roch Fr. His godfather was the administrator of the royal gardens Andre Berar, and the godfather was the wife of Claude Mollus. The house of his family was directly in Tuileries and Andre, who watched his childhood observing the processes of cultivation of gardens, quickly mastered the theoretical and practical foundations of gardening. This location of the house subsequently allowed him to study nearby from the royal palace, under the roof of which the Academy of Arts was later opened.

He studied mathematics, painting and architecture and entered the art workshop of the FR. He studied ancient art and the theory of representing objects on the plane, and also for several years was a student of Lebren's friend, architect Francois Mansar. And from June 26, Lenotra is appointed the main gardener of Tuileries, occupying the position of father.

It was later placed at the head of all royal gardens of France, having bought an additional position of general controller of the royal buildings in the year. There are very few direct references to the Lenotra in the royal accounting documents, and Lenotra himself rarely transferred his ideas or considerations on the arrangement of gardens. He expressed his inner world exclusively through his gardens.

Once he, along with Swan, was even included in the royal court; This happened in the year when Louis XIV besieged the city of Cambra in the north of France. They had three children, but all of them died in infancy. In this creative team, Lenotr was responsible for planning a land plot, a symmetrical location of partners, ponds and alleys sprinkled with gravel. Leo and Lenotra used the difference in the height of the terrain in their interests, as a result of which, for example, the channel is not visible from the windows of the house, as well as the optical effect of approaching the perspective, so that the grotto seemed closer than it really is.

Work on the garden was completed by the year when Fouquet arranged a festival in the castle in honor of the king. But only three weeks later, on September 10, Fouquet was arrested on charges of plundering state funds, and his artists and artisans were invited to serve the king. Louis decided to expand the hunting house of his father, turning him over time into his main residence and the concentration of power.

Lenotra also fulfilled the radial plan of the city of Versailles, in which the widest street in Europe - Parisian Avenue, was conceived to this day. In the year, he was invited to work in the Saint-Germain Palace and in the Castle of Saint-Clu, the residence of the younger brother of Louis XIV Philip of Orleans, where Lenotre supervised the work for many years.

Starting from the year, Lenotra was also invited to Chateau Chantili, the estate of Prince de Conde, where he worked until the x nephew Pierre Dragot. Starting from the year, Lenotra began the reconstruction of Tuilery gardens at the invitation of Kolber, state minister Louis XIV, who hoped that the king would still leave Paris with the place of his residence. In the year, Lenotra extends the alleys of the park to the west, forming a avenue, which in the future will become Champs Elysees.

In the year, Kolbert ordered Lenotra alteration of the gardens in his newly purchased Chateau de with FR. In the year, Lenotra was engaged in a project for the Italian castle of Rakkoniji, and between and for years he reconstructed gardens in Venaria-Real near Turin. He visited Italy in the year. Lenotra took this opportunity to visit the summer Bernini, and the next year he was awarded the audience with the pope Innocent IX.

His subsequent recommendations belonged to the Berlin Palace of Charlottenburg and Chateau Cassel in Germany. Last work starting from the year, Lenotr participated in the layout of the gardens of Chateau de Modon by order of the Minister of War Louis XIV Marquise de Luvois. The last work of Lenotra in the royal service was his participation in the planning of the Marley Palace in the year.

According to contemporaries, Louis XIV was irritated by the fact that Lenotra accepted other people's orders instead of fully focusing on Versailles gardens.

In the year, Lenotre left his posts and resigned, leaving his elegant work to the king. However, he continued to provide consultations, sending his recommendations regarding the Palace Charlottenburg and Chateau Kassel in Germany, as well as the plans of the Windsor castle Wilhelm III. Andre Lenotra died in Paris in September at the age of 87. His grave was defiled during the French Revolution.

An interesting facts after his return from Italy in the year Lenotra discovered the famous colonnade built by Arduen-Mansar in Versailles. Bellying in pride, Louis XIV asked the opinion of his landscape architect.Lenotr without hesitation replied: “Well, the sovereign, if you really want to know my opinion ... You made the builder as his gardener and he properly gave you a dish in his specialty.” Using the unconditional location of the King Lenotre could not deny himself the pleasure of publicly called the great architect the “builder” [7].