Cuvilliés, François, 1695-1768

LC control no.	n 86853808
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Cuvilliés, François, 1695-1768 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Cuvilliés, F. (François), d. Ä, 1695-1768. Cuvilliés, Jean François, 1695-1768 Cuvilliés, Jean François Vincent Joseph, 1695-1768 DeCuvilliés, François, 1695-1768 De Cuvilliés, François, 1695-1768 Cuvilliés, François de, der Ältere, 1695-1768 Cuvilliés, François de, l'Ancien, 1695-1768
Associated country	Germany
Associated place	Paris, France
Located	Munich, Germany
Birth date	16951023
Death date	17680414
Place of birth	Soignies, Belgium
Place of death	Munich, Germany
Field of activity	Architecture
Profession or occupation	Architects
Found in	nuc86-86933: His Morceaux de caprices ... 1981, c1745 (hdg. on MWiW rept.: Cuvilliés, François de, 1695-1768; usage: François Cuvilliés) Bleibaum, F. Schloss Wilhelmstal und François de Cuvilliés D.Ä., 1932. Mellenthin, H. François Cuvilliés' Amalienburg, c1989: p. 3 (Jean François Cuvilliés) Hundt, D. F. Civillés d. Ä, F. Cuvillié d. J., 1990: cover title (F. Cuvilliés d. Ä) page 1 (François Cuvilliés dem Älteren (dative form); born Oct 23, 1695 in the Walloon city of Soignies; at 11 as court jester (Hofzwerg) came to the court of the Bavarian elector Max Emanuel; raised with the court's children, educated in architectural drawing, mathematics and fortification construction; named an ensign in the Guards infantry regiment 1717; sent in 1720 to study architecture in Paris; appointed court construction master in 1725 and effectively senior construction master in 1728, in which position he became the founder of Bavarian Rococo style; the noble title "de" he received from Elector Clemens August of Cologne in 1730; twice married, 14 children in all; spoke only French; died Apr. 18, 1678) page 2 (F. Cuvilliés der Ältere) German Wikipedia, Jun. 28, 2013: "François de Cuvilliés der Ältere" (François de Cuvilliés der Ältere; born Oct. 23, 1695 in Soignies, Hennegau, Belgium; died Apr. 14, 1768 in the Burgstrasse, Munich; name also frequently written in the German manner: Cuvillies; construction master; sculptor; stucco plasterer; ornamentalist; 1755-1756 second stay in Paris to study with the architect Jacques-François Blondel; between 1738-1756 published 20 books on interior decoration that spread the Rococo style throughout Europe) French Wikipedia, Jun. 28, 2013: " "François de Cuvilliés l'Ancien" (François de Cuvilliés l'Ancien; born Oct. 23, 1695 in Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium; died Apr. 14, 1768 in Munich; full name: Jean François Vincent Joseph Cuvilliés) Deutsch Biographie online, Jun. 28, 2013 (access point: "Cuvilliés, Jean François Vinzent Joseph de"; born Oct. 23, 1695, Soignies (Hennegau); died Apr. 14, 1768 in Munich; entered service to Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria (residing in Brussels) in 1708; for exceptional experience in construction he was named Kammerrat in 1758, and 1763 Oberhofbaumeister upon the death of J. Gunetzrhainer) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online, via WWW, Jun. 28, 2013 (access point: ; other access points: Cuvilliés, François de <der Ältere> De Cuvilliés, François; Cuvilliés, Jean François; DeCuvilliés, François)
Associated language	fre