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André Le Nôtre (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe lə notʁ]; 12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as André Le Nostre, [1] was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France.
Sep 11, 2024 · André Le Nôtre (born March 12, 1613, Paris, France—died September 15, 1700, Paris) was one of the greatest French landscape architects, his masterpiece being the gardens of Versailles. Le Nôtre grew up in an atmosphere of technical expertise.
Controller General of Buildings, Arts and Manufactures of France 1613-1700. The king of gardeners and Gardener to the King, Le Nôtre gave the “French garden” its noble reputation.
André Le Nôtre ou André Le Nostre [note 1], né le 12 mars 1613 à Paris où il meurt le 15 septembre 1700, fut jardinier du roi Louis XIV de 1645 à 1700 et eut notamment pour tâche de concevoir l'aménagement du parc et des jardins du château de Versailles, mais aussi de celui de Vaux-le-Vicomte (pour le Surintendant des Finances Nicolas ...
Contrôleur général des Bâtiments, Arts et Manufactures de France 1613-1700. Roi des jardiniers et jardinier du roi, Le Nôtre donna ses lettres de noblesse au jardin « à la française ». Il fut l’auteur des plus beaux jardins du XVIIe siècle et fit de Versailles son chef-d’œuvre absolu.
Jun 27, 2018 · Nôtre, André Le (1613–1700). Creative designer of formal gardens in C17 France, his greatest project was the Park at Versailles, with fountains, canals, avenues, and parterres (1661–87). His work for Louis XIV was enormously influential throughout Europe.
This unique east-west perspective originally dates from before the reign of Louis XIV, but it was developed and extended by the gardener André Le Nôtre, who widened the Royal Way and dug the Grand Canal.
