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| − | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as '''Le Corbusier''' (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner and | + | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as '''Le Corbusier''' (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America. |
==Life and work== | ==Life and work== | ||
| − | [[File:Family_Jeanneret_1889.jpg|thumb|250px| Jeanneret family, young Le Corbusier is | + | [[File:Family_Jeanneret_1889.jpg|thumb|250px|Jeanneret family, young Le Corbusier is on the left, 1889.]] |
| − | + | He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. Young Jeanneret was attracted to the visual arts and studied watch engraving at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School, under Charles L’Eplattenier (1900). In 1904, he entered the Advanced Decorative Arts Course (based at the Art School) directed by Charles L’Eplattenier, who acquaintes Le Corbusier with architecture. | |
| − | A member of the Board of the Art School, Louis Fallet commissioned | + | |
| − | In | + | A member of the Board of the Art School, Louis Fallet commissioned the young architect to design a villa (''Villa Fallet'') in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which he built in collaboration with the architect René Chapallaz. It was his first commission as an architect at the age of 17. It was completed in 1905. Now it is recognised as a building of cultural significance in Switzerland. |
| − | In 1911 | + | |
| − | In 1912 | + | In September 1907, Le Corbusier took a trip to Italy for two and a half month (Milan, Florence etc.), and on his way back in Vienna he worked on the plans for the ''Stolzer'' and ''Jacquemet'' villas (La Chaux-de-Fonds). In Paris, he worked for Auguste and Gustave Perret as draughtsman, half-time (1908). In autumn 1909 he returned to La Chaux-de-Fonds to supervise construction of the Stotzer and Jacquemet villas. |
| − | Next year he | + | |
| + | In May 1911, he left Dresden for a journey to the East: Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Kasanlik, Istanbul, le Mount Athos (21 days), Athens and southern Italy, in the company of his friend Auguste Klipstein, an art history student. During this trip, he made numerous drawings, sketches and notes in his sketchbooks, as well as several hundred photographs. | ||
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| + | In 1912, he built for his parents the villa ''Jeanneret-Perret'' in the rue de la Montagne and the Villa ''Favre-Jacot'' in the town of Le Locle. | ||
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| + | Next year he had an exhibition of 10 watercolors ''Le langage des Pierres'' [The Language of Stones], at the Salon d’Automne, Paris and received the certificate of competency for teaching art. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
; By Le Corbusier | ; By Le Corbusier | ||
| − | * ''Étude sur le mouvement d’art décoratif en Allemagne'' (''Study of the decorative art movement in Germany''), 1912 | + | * ''Étude sur le mouvement d’art décoratif en Allemagne'' (''Study of the decorative art movement in Germany''), 1912. (in French) |
| − | * ''Vers une architecture'', 1923 | + | * ''Vers une architecture'', 1923. (in French) |
| − | ** [[Media:LeCorbusier_Towards_a_New_Architecture_1986.pdf|'' | + | ** [[Media:LeCorbusier_Towards_a_New_Architecture_1986.pdf|''Towards a New Architecture'']], 1931; 1986. |
| − | * ''El viaje de Oriente'', 1984 | + | * ''El viaje de Oriente'', 1984; 1993. (in Spanish) [http://visible-art.com/userfiles/file/Architectural%20Magazines/Le.Corbusier-El.Viaje.A.Oriente.pdf] |
| − | * ''Analisis de la Forma'', 1984 (Spanish | + | * ''Analisis de la Forma'', 1984. (in Spanish) [http://visible-art.com/userfiles/file/Architectural%20Magazines/Le.Corbusier.-.Analisis.De.La.Forma.-.Gustavo.Gili.(Spanish).%5BRepacked.Pdf%5D.pdf] |
| − | * | + | * Willy Boesiger, Oscar Stonorov, Max Bill (eds.), ''Le Corbusier - Oeuvre complete'', vol. 1 (1910-1929), Vol. 2 (1929-1934), Vol. 3 (1934-1938), Vol. 4 (1938-1946), Vol. 5 (1946-1952), Vol. 6 (1952-1957), Vol. 7 (1957-1965), Vol. 8 (1965-1969) (French, English and German Edition), 1990-. |
; About Le Corbusier | ; About Le Corbusier | ||
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* Flora Samuel, ''Le Corbusier in Detail'', 2007 | * Flora Samuel, ''Le Corbusier in Detail'', 2007 | ||
| − | == | + | ==External links== |
* [http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/ Le Corbusier Foundation] (in French) | * [http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/ Le Corbusier Foundation] (in French) | ||
| − | * [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier Le Corbusier | + | * [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier Le Corbusier at French Wikipedia] |
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 Le Corbusier studying architectural plans & small model of building in his office-- Paris, France 1946. | |
| Born |
October 6, 1887 Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
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| Died |
August 27, 1965 (aged 77) Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France |
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America.
Life and work
He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. Young Jeanneret was attracted to the visual arts and studied watch engraving at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School, under Charles L’Eplattenier (1900). In 1904, he entered the Advanced Decorative Arts Course (based at the Art School) directed by Charles L’Eplattenier, who acquaintes Le Corbusier with architecture.
A member of the Board of the Art School, Louis Fallet commissioned the young architect to design a villa (Villa Fallet) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which he built in collaboration with the architect René Chapallaz. It was his first commission as an architect at the age of 17. It was completed in 1905. Now it is recognised as a building of cultural significance in Switzerland.
In September 1907, Le Corbusier took a trip to Italy for two and a half month (Milan, Florence etc.), and on his way back in Vienna he worked on the plans for the Stolzer and Jacquemet villas (La Chaux-de-Fonds). In Paris, he worked for Auguste and Gustave Perret as draughtsman, half-time (1908). In autumn 1909 he returned to La Chaux-de-Fonds to supervise construction of the Stotzer and Jacquemet villas.
In May 1911, he left Dresden for a journey to the East: Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Kasanlik, Istanbul, le Mount Athos (21 days), Athens and southern Italy, in the company of his friend Auguste Klipstein, an art history student. During this trip, he made numerous drawings, sketches and notes in his sketchbooks, as well as several hundred photographs.
In 1912, he built for his parents the villa Jeanneret-Perret in the rue de la Montagne and the Villa Favre-Jacot in the town of Le Locle.
Next year he had an exhibition of 10 watercolors Le langage des Pierres [The Language of Stones], at the Salon d’Automne, Paris and received the certificate of competency for teaching art.
Works
Villa Jeanneret-Perret, ca. 1912.
Villa Le Lac at Corseaux on Lake Geneva, 1920s.
The model of Villa Radieuse and Le Corbusier, 1930s.
Le Corbusier with a model of Villa Savoye, 1935.
- Selection
- Villa Fallet, Switzerland, 1905
- Villa Stotzer, Switzerland, 1907
- Villa La Roche, Paris, France, 1923
- Villas at Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, Germany, 1927
- Tsentrosoyuz, Moscow, Russia, 1928
- Maison Errazuriz, Chile, 1930
- Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, 1949
- United Nations headquarters, New York City, 1952
- Mill Owners' Association Building, Ahmedabad, India, 1951
- National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1957
- Philips Pavilion at the World Expositon Brussels, Belgium, 1958
- Center for Electronic Calculus, Olivetti, Milan, Italy, 1961
- Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy, Firminy, France, designed in 1960, built posthumously and completed under José Oubrerie's guidance, 2006
Literature
- By Le Corbusier
- Étude sur le mouvement d’art décoratif en Allemagne (Study of the decorative art movement in Germany), 1912. (in French)
- Vers une architecture, 1923. (in French)
- Towards a New Architecture, 1931; 1986.
- El viaje de Oriente, 1984; 1993. (in Spanish) [1]
- Analisis de la Forma, 1984. (in Spanish) [2]
- Willy Boesiger, Oscar Stonorov, Max Bill (eds.), Le Corbusier - Oeuvre complete, vol. 1 (1910-1929), Vol. 2 (1929-1934), Vol. 3 (1934-1938), Vol. 4 (1938-1946), Vol. 5 (1946-1952), Vol. 6 (1952-1957), Vol. 7 (1957-1965), Vol. 8 (1965-1969) (French, English and German Edition), 1990-.
- About Le Corbusier
- Jacques Lucan, Le Corbusier - Une Encyclopedie, 1987 (in French)
- Curtis, William J.R., Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms, Phaidon, 1994
- Frampton, Kenneth, Le Corbusier, London, Thames and Hudson, 2001
- Eliel, Carol S., L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918 - 1925. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002
- Flora Samuel, Le Corbusier in Detail, 2007
