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Hotel de Luppé dans les Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône

Hotel de Luppé

    87 Petit Chemin des Avergues
    13200 Arles
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Hôtel de Luppé
Crédit photo : Finoskov - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIIe siècle
Initial construction
1905
Purchase by Gaston de Luppé
1908–1927
Renovation work
2019
Historic Monument Protection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The following parts of the ensemble formed by the Hotel de Luppé and its outbuildings, in total, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree: the mansion, including its painted decors of the dining room, its chapel, its inner courtyard, its gate and fence rue Diderot, its gate and the walkway of access round-point of the arenas, located 4 rue Diderot and 24 bis round-point des Arenes, the leisure garden, including its entrance gate impasse des Arenes, the workshop located rue des Arenes, the workshop of Gaston de Luppé and the various floors of its outbuilding located 5 rue de la Bastille (see AE 95, 475, 486, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494): inscription by order of 30 July 2019

Key figures

Gaston de Luppé (1872–1939) - Sculptor and owner Sponsor of neoflorentine restoration.
Jean-Amédée Gibert (1869–1952) - Architect and painter Author of interior designs and decorations.
Cyrille Rougier - Iron and steel Director of adorned entrance grilles.

Origin and history

The Hotel de Luppé, located at the 26 roundabout of the Arenas in Arles, is a mansion built in the 17th century. He successively belonged to the Romieu families, Cornillon de Lédenon, General de Miollis and the Viscount de Bouillé. Turned into a chicory roasting plant, it was unoccupied before being bought in 1905 by the sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872–1939), who undertook a major restoration between 1908 and 1927, entrusting the plans to Jean-Amédée Gibert, price of Rome painting in 1898. The latter, inspired by the Italian Renaissance and their common stay at the Medici villa, redesigned the building in a neo-florentine style, adding a loggia adorned with the motto "Deo duce ferro count" and interior decors in trompe-l'oeil, whose preparatory drawings are preserved at the Grobet-Labadie Museum in Marseille.

The facade, the only preserved part of the ancient period, contrasts with interior arrangements, such as marble loratory housing a statue of Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Maillé, a relative of Caumont La Force. The interior courtyards, inspired by the pumpkin style, feature terraced gardens, while the entrance grilles, designed by Gibert and made by ironmaker Cyrille Rougier, bear the arms of the Luppé families ("d'azur à trois bandes d'or") and Caumont La Force ("d'azur à trois leopards d'or"), as well as the motto "E lupis Vasconiae" (Des loups de Gascogne). The hotel, still owned by the descendants of Luppé, will house the Vincent van Gogh Foundation for 21 years.

The elements protected since 2019 include the entire hotel (painted rooms, chapel, courtyards, gates), its outbuildings (garden of pleasure, workshops rue des Arenes and rue de la Bastille), and its fences. The project reflects the artistic collaboration between Luppé and Gibert, extended by the creation of the monument to the dead of Arles. The archives of the Grobet-Labadie Museum keep, in addition to the sketches of the decorations, the plans of the grid and interior fittings, witness to this ambitious renovation combining historical heritage and neo-classical reinterpretation.

External links

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