James Bouillé (14 February 1894 – 22 June 1945) was a French architect from

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Biography

Bouillé was born in Guingamp (

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. His aim was to revitalise Breton sacred art: crosses, votive objects and traditional crafts. He also designed and supported pottery, ceramics, embroidery and cabinetmaking. Between 1924 and 1935, he was an architect in Perros-Guirec, where he developed a successful practice building holiday villas. In 1929 he joined with Xavier de Langlais to found ''An Droellen'', a workshop of Breton Christian art. The duo worked closely together on a number of projects, including the college chapel of St. Joseph in Lannion. The workshop included among its members Mlle Ménard (glazier), Madame Planiol (restoration of priestly vestments) and Jules-Charles Le Bozec (sculptor). In the late 1930s Bouillé created the Chapel of Koat-Keo in Scrignac (

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Jean-Marie Perrot, founder of the Breton Catholic youth organization Bleun-Brug, which promoted traditional Breton culture. The chapel is seen as a significant attempt to create a distinctive modern Breton sacred architecture, and was listed as a historical monument in 1997. During the World War II, Perrot and Breun-Blug were suspected of collaborationist activity. In 1941, Bouillé was made director of Bleun-Brug and sat on the Advisory Committee of Brittany, as its representative. The Committee was seen by resistance activists as part of the collaborationist régime. At this time he advocated a radical plan to build a new Breton capital city to be called "Brittia", which would be a "Celtic Brasilia" on the shores of Lake Guerlédan. Due to his association with Perrot and the committee, he was interned after the Liberation of France. He died in 1945, as a result of his internment. In Brittany, at least nine streets bear his name.''Les Noms qui ont fait l'histoire de Bretagne'', Coop Breizh et Institut culturel de Bretagne, 1997

Major buildings

*1933: holiday home, known as Kelenn, 18 chemin de Quo-Vadis, subdivision of Tourony-plage at Tégastel *1936-1937: Chapelle de l'Institution Saint-Joseph (in fact Saint-Joseph college) in Lannion *1937: Chapel Koat-Keo at Scrignac, created for the Abbot Perrot, with sculptures by Jules-Charles Le Bozec. (This building was designated as a Monument historique in 1997). *1938: Extension to the chapelle de Ploumanac'h, commune de Perros-Guirec 1938 *1939: maison de villégiature (holiday home), known as Avel Dro, 2 rue du Belvédère à Trestrignel, commune de Perros-Guirec.

Publications

* ''Sketla Segobrani. 3 levr moulet e ti'' René Prud'homme.

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, (1923), 3 volumes (with François Vallée, Meven Mordiern, Émile Ernault) * ''Sketla segobrani kenta nevrenn: dis atir, teutatis''. Prud'homme - Saint-Brieuc (1923). * ''Sketla segobrani eil kevrenn: trede levr: lugus''. Prud'homme - Saint-Brieuc (1923). * '. Buhez Breiz - Quimper (1924). Paper delivered at the congress of Bleun Brug at Lesneven 12 September 1923. * ''L'art en Bretagne''. Éditions de Buhez Breiz (1924). Paper delivered at the Panceltic Congress,

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, 9 September 1924. * ''Sketla segobrani pevare redekevrenn: tanaris, esus''. Prud'homme - Saint-Brieuc (1925). * ''Habitation bretonne''. Massin Ch. et Cie - Paris (1926). The Regional Art of France * ''L'architecture bretonne moderne''. Éditions Romanance - Paris (1936).

References

Bibliography

''Audaces et hésitations d'un militant: James Bouillé'', Pierre Mardaga - Liege. 1986. Catalogue of the exhibition: ''Modernité et régionalisme: Bretagne : 1918 - 1945''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouille, James 1894 births 1945 deaths People from Guingamp 20th-century French architects Breton collaborators with Nazi Germany French people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in French detention Nazis who died in prison custody