importance of its use. Born in Paris, Labrouste was one of five children of François-Marie-Alexandre Labrouste [fr], a lawyer and politician from Bordeaux...
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Villate, General La Chasse de Vérigny and Alexandre Labrouste [fr], father of notable architect Henri Labrouste. A further 22 people were injured, with...
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supporting the roof, was built between 1838 and 1851 by architect Henri Labrouste. The library contains around 2 million documents, and currently is the...
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by four teachers at the academy, Joseph-Louis Duc, Félix Duban, Henri Labrouste, and Léon Vaudoyer, who had studied at the French Academy in Rome at the...
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Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris by Henri Labrouste (1844–1850), with its pure Renaissance facade. Labrouste designed the interior of this library and...
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Fine Arts), where he studied under Henri Labrouste and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Millet recalled that Labrouste provided his own drawings to teach his pupils...
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June – Georges Bizet, composer and pianist (born 1838) 24 June – Henri Labrouste, architect (born 1801) 25 June – Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (born 1796)...
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Renaud (1841) Interior of the Sainte-Geneviève Library (1844–50) by Henri Labrouste The July Column in the Place de la Bastille (1831–40) by Joseph-Louis...
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Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Salle Labrouste (designed by the architect Henri Labrouste and completed in 1867), which is located at 58 rue...
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constructed buildings on the Rue de Richelieu designed by Henri Labrouste. Upon Labrouste's death in 1875 the library was further expanded, including the...
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