Henri- Gabriel Gautruche (4 April 1885 in Dourdan – 31 January 1964) was an architect of the city of Paris. Gaudruche was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1935, promoted an officer in 1950, recipient of the

Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...

, officer of the

Order of the Crown of Belgium The Order of the Crown (french: Ordre de la Couronne, nl, Kroonorde) is a national order of the Kingdom of Belgium. The Order is one of Belgium's highest honors. History The Order was established on October 15, 1897 by King Leopold II in his c ...

Selected works

* Bath showers at 27 in Paris. This building, erected between 1924 and 1928 by Henri Gautruche and Georges Planche, marks a major innovation in the world of bath showers: for the first time, it is no longer an integral part of the municipal swimming pool. The architecture is faithful to the period: concrete, bricks, and as a unique touch of gaiety, polychrome ceramic tiles. * The domaine Chérioux: an orphanage, built from 1927 to 1936 at the place known as La Nozaie in

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victoria ...

. Henri Gautruche, was the architect of the girls' boarding school in 1932, the professional girls' boarding school in 1936, and finally the maternal boarding school in 1937. Henri Gautruche and Demorlaine, chief curator of the Promenades de la Ville de Paris and the Seine department, were entrusted with the development of the park. * The first extension of the

Musée Bourdelle The Musée Bourdelle ( en, Bourdelle Museum) is an art museum located at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France, located in the old studio of French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929). The museum is open ...

in 1961, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of

Antoine Bourdelle Antoine Bourdelle (30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important fi ...

.Le Grand Hall, Musée Bourdelle
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Sources

David de Penanrun, Louis Thérèse, second edition by E. Delaire, ''Les architectes élèves de l’École des beaux-arts, 1793-1907'', Paris, La construction moderne, 1907, .

References

External links

Henri Gautruche
on pss-archi.eu

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gautruche, Henri 20th-century French architects People from Dourdan 1885 births 1964 deaths École des Beaux-Arts alumni Officers of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)