09.08.2022
André Le Nôtre, the absolute master of French gardens
Trained as a painter by Simon Vouet, he would have liked to work with a brush in his hand in the confines of a studio. In the end, he worked on the reconfiguration of nature, on a considerable scale and for powerful and prestigious clients. André Le Nôtre, son of a gardener, is above all the father of monumental landscaping.