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ID: 500006461
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006461
 
Record Type: Person
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (French architect, 1736-1806)

Note: Ledoux was a student of Louis François Trouard (1729-1794), and possibly an apprentice of Pierre Contant D'Ivry (1698-1777). He was one of the most fashionable, successful and celebrated Parisian architects of the late 1700s, known for an eclectic and visionary style that he combined with social ideals. Most of his work is characterized by designs that incorporate simplified, powerful geometric forms. His career as an architect ended when he was arrested during the French Revolution; he spent the rest of his life compiling a book of engravings of his work. French architect.

Names:
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (preferred,V,index)
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (V,display)
Le Doux, Claude Nicolas (V)
Ledoux, Claude Nicolas (V,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
Claude Nicolas Ledoux (V)
Ledoux, Charles Nicolas (V)  ....  Thieme-Becker mentions that the first name "Charles Nicolas" is erroneous
Ledoux, Charles Nicholas (V)
Charles Nicolas Ledoux (V)
Le Doux Charles Nic. (V)
Ledoux, C. N. (V)

Nationalities:
French (preferred)
Parisian

Roles:
artist (preferred)
architect
draftsman
sociologist
writer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Dormans (Grand Est, France) (inhabited place)
Died:  Paris (Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
student of ....  Blondel, Jacques-François  
..................  (French architectural theorist and teacher, 1705-1774) [500031213]
student of ....  Trouard, Louis François  
..................  (French architect, 1729-1797) [500031341]
teacher of ....  Damesme, Louis  
..................  (French architect, 1757-1822) [500078699]
teacher of ....  Dubut, Louis Ambrose  from 1793
..................  (French architect, 1769-1846, active in Russia) [500033735]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (I)

Biographies:
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [VP Preferred]
(French artist, 1736-1800) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [BHA]
(French architect, draughtsman and sociologist; born Dormans (Champagne, France), 1736; died Paris (France), 1806) ..... [CCA]
(French, 1736-1806) ..... [GRLPA]
(architect, 1736-1806) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect) ..... [AVERY]
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1736-1806) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(French architect, 1736-1806) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Charles Nicolas Ledoux ........ [CL-Courtauld, VP]
.............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Claude Nicolas Ledoux ........ [CCA, GRISC, VP, WL-Courtauld]
...........................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
...........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
...........................................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux ........ [VP]
.............................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Le Doux Charles Nic. ........ [CCA]
........................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Ledoux, Charles Nicholas ........ [AVERY]
.................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.................................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
Ledoux, Charles Nicolas ........ [CCA, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRL]
...............................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
...............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 81033737
...............................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Le Doux, Claude Nicolas ........ [CCA, RKD]
..............................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
..............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 101471
Ledoux, Claude Nicolas ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, RKD Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
.............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.............................................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
.............................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
.............................................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
.............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 81033737
.............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 101471
.............................................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
.............................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas ........ [Grove Art Preferred, VP Preferred]
...............................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
...............................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Ledoux, C. N. ........ [AVERY, GRL, VP]
...........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 81033737

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CCA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, RKD, VP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n81033737
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n81033737
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
....................  Oudin, Dictionnaire des architectes (1994)
....................  Portoghesi, Dizionario di architettura e urbanistica (1968-1969)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 101471
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q552700
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA, VP]
.......... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) Accessed 08/07/2002.
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
.......... Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
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