Born in August 8, 1938 in Beuavais, Claude Courageux was educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent a number of years working with other glass makers in Paris, including working with Max Ingrand, and seven years working at the firm of Jacques Gruber.
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Courageux, Claude
By walwyn - May 28th, 2011
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FrançaisDenny, Thomas
By walwyn - February 9th, 2010
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Stained glass maker Thomas Denny trained at the Edinburgh College of Art and has had many commissions both as painter and as a designer of stained glass. He now lives in Dorset and has work in Durham Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Hereford Cathedral, and St. Margaret’s Church, Millington in East Yorkshire amongst others. The windows here are in the St Catherine & St John Chapel at Tewkesbury Abbey (2002), and the Audley Chapel, Hereford Cathederal (2007).
Kempe & Tower
By walwyn - November 15th, 2009
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Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907) originally trained as a priest, but due to a stammer studied archeticture the main part of which being the 14th century English Gothic, George Bodley. Working for Bodley, Kempe learned the art of decorating church walls and ceilings. However, he became interested in stained glass and studied the art and craft at the studios of Clayton & Bell. By 1866 Kempe was working, with two assistants, as an independent designer in London, and in 1869 unhappy with the quality of the work produced for him, Kempe started his own workshop at Millbrook Place.
Pontlevoy - St. Pierre
By walwyn - September 22nd, 2009
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This church is mostly furnished with glass work from J. Fournier of Tour.
It includes two large story tableaux of the "Annunciation" and "Sermon on the Mount" dated 1885 and 1890 respectively. The apse behind the altar has some some collaborative work by Fournier and Clermont (1877) depicting saints.
The central window behind the altar has a depiction of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1879). With the exception of a modern work the rest of the windows are Fournier representations of saints from 1891, 1896 and 1897.
Clayton & Bell
By walwyn - April 18th, 2010
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The company was found in 1855 by John Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-95) and continued making stained glass until 1993.
Clayton and Bell’s designs were initially manufactured by Heaton and Butler, with whom they shared a studio between 1859 and 1862. Robert Turnill Bayne, a Pre-Raphaelite artist, was originally employed as a designer with Clayton and Bell. Then in 1862, Baynes joined the firm of Heaton, and Butler, and Clayton and Bell began to manufacturer their own glass.
Heaton, Butler and Bayne
By walwyn - January 18th, 2010
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Clement Heaton, a glass painter, and James Butler, a lead glazier, went into partnership in 1855 to make stained glass. Initially they shared premises with, and provided technical assistance to Clayton & Bell. Robert Turnill Bayne, a Pre-Raphaelite artist, joined the company in 1862, and became their chief designer.
Selles-sur-Cher
By walwyn - October 31st, 2009
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Dated 1887 this window of St Joseph, by Noel Lavergne, is in the church of Notre Dame la Blanche, Selles-sur-Cher.
Fournier, Julien Studios - Tour
By walwyn - September 12th, 2009
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This seems to have been a major company in the last half of the C19. Nearly every church I visited in the Loir-et-Cher had examples of their work.
Evreux - France
By walwyn - January 19th, 2012
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There are two churches in the town of Evreux that contain extensive amounts of medieval stained glass a) the cathedral of Notre-Dame, and b) the abbey church of Saint-Taurin.
Haig, Henry
By walwyn - February 9th, 2010
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Henry Haig trained in painting and sculture at Wimbledon School of Art between 1945 and 1950 and in stained glass at the Royal College of Art between 1952 and 1955. After five years teaching in schools, he opened a full-time studio.
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