France
Gothic sculpture in France
[no-glossary]Max Ingrand[/no-glossary] was a major French stained glass artist of the second half of the 20th century, and awarded the French Legion of Honour. He was Born in Bressuire on 20 December 1908, and spent part of his childhood in Chartres. A student of Jacques Gruber at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
This stained glass window, crafted by the French artist Pierre Carron in 2000, graces the south-facing lancet of the Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans, a Gothic edifice spanning the 13th to 19th centuries. This modern addition, bathed in the interplay of light, celebrates the heroic figure of Joan of Arc, the city’s revered patron saint








