René Loysel

René Loysel was born the son of a domestic servant on the Vivier des Landes Castle. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts until 1891 and then settled in Paris, where he worked as an architect. In addition to private buildings, he won an award for a design for a swimming stadium for the 1924 Paris Olympics, which he submitted together with his colleagues Édouard Redont (1862-1942) and Louis Süe. Loysel also designed the Salon of the Grand Palais in Paris. In 1913 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Loysel was also active as a car racer. In 1898, he won the Bordeaux - Biarritz race on a car designed by Amédée Bollée (1867-1926), and in the same year came 5th in the Paris - Amsterdam race on a Bollée car with an aluminum body. In 1908, Loysel was a member of the sporting commission of the Automobile Club de France.