Henri Révoil (1822–1900) was a 19th-century French architect.
Biography
Early life Henri Révoil was born in 1822 in Aix-en-Provence. His father was the painter Pierre Révoil.
Career From 1855 to 1860, he designed the facade of the Église de la Madeleine, which is listed as a Monument historique.Liliane Counord, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Gérard Bernar, Dominique Auzias, Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2010, p. 166Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2011, p. 188 Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Aix-en-Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2012, p. 299 Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2013, p. 172 He also designed the lower part of the Fontaine du Roi René on the Cours Mirabeau in 1819; three years later, in 1822, David d'Angers (1788–1856) designed a statue of René of Anjou on top of it.Aix en provence: Pays Aixois et Salonais, Petit Futé, 2010, p. 140
Additionally, he was commissioned to decorate the Marseille Cathedral in Marseille.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Les 100 plus belles églises de France 2011 - 2012, Le Petit Futé, 2011, p. 222 Jacques Benoist, Le Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Editions de l'Atelier, 1992, Volumes 1-2, p. 441 He went on to restore many other churches in Provence.
Additionally, he restored the Château de Tarascon in Tarascon.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Paule Valois, Les 100 plus beaux châteaux de France, Le Petit Futé, 2011, p. 196
He was a member of the Académie de Nîmes.Jacques Meine, Edmond Vermeil, le germaniste (1878-1964): Du Languedocien à l'Européen, Editions L'Harmattan, 2012, p. 33
Personal life He was married to Louise-Anais-Henriette Baragnon (1830-1870).Vincent Wright, Les préfets de Gambetta, Presses Paris Sorbonne, 2007, p. 85 They resided in Nîmes. Their son, Paul Révoil (1856-1914), became a diplomat and nonfiction author.
He died in 1900 in Mouriès.
Bibliography Henri Révoil, Architecture romane du midi de la France: Architecture civile (Morel, 1874, Volume 3, 43 pages)Google Books
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