Hourlier - 11 Interior Decoration Project Drawings

HOURLIER, Armand. Set of 11 drawings of interior decoration projects in pencil, watercolor and gouache, some enhanced with gold paint (tears at the edges, not serious, and marginal mold in places; the leaves are rolled) Armand Victor Hourlier (1857 -1935) began his training in the workshop of the architect Ludovic-François Douillard, who presented him to the competition for the School of Fine Arts in Paris from which he graduated in 1887. As a painter-decorator, he created decorative works such as the village hall in Saint-Lô, that of the Industrial Society of Lille, the Notre-Dame church, the Savings Bank and private mansions in Tourcoing, the church of Saint-Amand-les -Waters. As an architect, we owe him mainly special constructions. He was the son-in-law of Dominique-Henri Guifard, painter-decorator who worked for the Duke of Aumale on the design of decorations and paintings for the castle and the Saint-Louis Chapel in Chantilly, and the father of the architect Jean-Baptiste Hourlier. 1. Decoration project for a ceiling. S. lnd 675 x 512 mm. Address of the architect in pencil on the back: “Hourlier 150 rue de Vaugirard”; another handwritten note: “16 rue de l’entreprises [address of the project?]”. 2. Decoration projects for three ceilings. Signatures: Mr Morsent Architect, A. Hourlier Painter. Decorator August 4 [18]93. 672 x 500mm. Some annotations in pencil. Address in pencil on the back: “Hourlier 150 rue de Vaugirard”. 3. Decoration project for the ceiling [of a gallery or a corridor?] Signatures and date: Mr Vallat architect, A. Hourlier Painter. Decorator August 10 [18]93. 597 x 287mm. 4. Decoration project for a room in the rocaille style, with paneling, moldings and two allegorical door tops representing musician and painter animals. 710 x 510mm. Very frayed edges with damage to the design in places and small losses of paper. 5. Decoration project for the dining room of the Château d'Avaray (Val de Loire). S. lnd 625 x 425 mm. Lack of paper at the upper right corner, without affecting the drawing. 6. Decoration project for a molded ceiling. S. lnd 308 x 240 mm. Name in ink: “Mr Gagneau” [Sponsor? Architect ?]. 7. Decoration projects for three ceilings. S. lnd 652 X 482 mm. Annotations in pencil and scale. 8. Decoration project for a ceiling. “Property of Mr Rasson Wattinne in Tourcoing Petit salon”. S. lnd [ca 1890]. 522 x 423mm. 9. Project for the decoration of a molded and gilded ceiling in the Louis XIV style. S. lnd 501 x 336 mm. Pencil annotations, indications and scale. 10. Project for Louis XIII style room decoration. S. lnd Pencil annotations. 606 x 420mm. 11. Decoration project for a Louis XIV style ceiling. S.lnd