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Luce Eekman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 June 1933 |
| Died | 2 February 2025 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Education | École Spéciale d'Architecture Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Occupation | Architect |
Luce Eekman (28 June 1933 – 2 February 2025) was a French architect and actress.
Life and career
[edit]Architectural career
[edit]Eekman attended the École alsacienne before earning a diploma from the École Spéciale d'Architecture.[1] While there, she received praise for her work surveying Thoronet Abbey.[2] She received notoriety for her work restoring La Pagode, a former cinema in Paris.[3] In 1972, she was tasked by Louis Malle to construct a teahouse in a Japanese garden.[4][5] In doing so, she constructed a cinema room that contained 175 seats.[6] A plaque at the teahouse was affixed to the entrance of the cinema room honoring her and her co-architect François Debulois.[7] In April 2011, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University student Aïda Menouer wrote a thesis on Eekman's work, titled La Pagode, de la salle de réception au cinéma d'art et d'essai.[8]
Eekman's principal works[9][10] included Le Diable des Lombards in The Marais,[11] the apartments of Louis Malle and his brother Vincent,[12] the Photogalerie,[13] and an apartment building on Rue Delambre in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.[14]
Acting
[edit]While at the École alsacienne, Eekman befriended future film director Yannick Bellon and appeared in his film Quelque part quelqu'un.[15] She was close to the theatre troupe Les Théophiliens,[16] as well as Roger Planchon's Théâtre National Populaire. In 1975, she performed in the play Enluminures autour des minutes du procès de Gilles de Rais at the Théâtre Essaïon.[17]
Personal life and death
[edit]Eekman was the daughter of Flemish painter Nicolas Eekman and Andrée Herrenschmidt. In her father's honor, she founded Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman.[18] The association published monographies on the painter[19] and organized exhibits.[20] One such exhibition was held by the Fondation Taylor.[21]
Luce Eekman died in Paris on 2 February 2025, at the age of 91.[22]
References
[edit]- ↑ Eudes, Dominique (September 1968). "Il y a encore des préjugés contre la réussite des femmes". En direct (in French).
- ↑ "Luce Eekman". Le Méridional (in French). 2 July 1955.
- ↑ Amiel, Mireille (1974). Cinéma, Partie 1,Numéros 183 à 188 (in French). Cinéma 74. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ Gonthier, Charlotte (9 November 2015). "Le cinéma La Pagode ferme ses portes". 20 minutes (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ "Cinéma : un nouvel avenir pour la Pagode". Ma Plume (in French).
- ↑ "Plus japonais que jamais". L'ami des jardins et de la maison (in French). December 1986.
- ↑ "Numéro 38". Rencontres (in French). November 1973.
- ↑ "Régis Bertholon". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
- ↑ "Il faut faire de la cuisine un lieu de séjour agréable". L'installateur (in French). March 1972.
- ↑ "Luce Eekman et Marthe de l'Hamaide". Baumeister (in German). 1975.
- ↑ "Luce Eekman". Le Quotidien de Paris (in French). 6 May 1974.
- ↑ "Luce Eekman". Connaissance des Arts (in French). March 1974.
- ↑ "Luce Eekman". Connaissance des arts (in French). June 1974.
- ↑ "Numéro 158". La maison de Marie-Claire (in French). 1980.
- ↑ "Luce Eekman". IMDb.
- ↑ "Les Théophiliens". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
- ↑ "Spectacle: Enluminures autour des minutes du procès de Gilles de Rais". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
- ↑ "Home". Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman.
- ↑ "Nicolas Eekman Peintre-graveur (1889-1973)". Michel Cabotse Gallery (in French).
- ↑ "Avril 2000 : "Du cubisme au fantastique" - Fondation Taylor - Paris". Le Sillon Nicolas Eekman (in French).
- ↑ Trépardoux, Francis (2002). "Les médicaments d'origine biologique à travers le monde, fresque originale peinte en 1961 par Nicolas Eekman (1889-1973)". Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ "Madame Luce EEKMAN". Simplifia (in French).