Jacques Le Chevallier (July 26, 1896 – 1987) was a French

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maker, decorative artist, illustrator, and engraver. He was mobilized during

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; after the war he became a master artisan in the studio of

Louis Barillet Louis Barillet (1880 – 1948) was a French artist, known for his work in stained glass. Among those with whom he collaborated were Théodore-Gérard Hanssen and Jacques Le Chevallier. His windows may be seen in the church of Notre-Dame-des-Miss ...

, with whom he remained until 1945. His collaborators there included

Théodore-Gérard Hanssen Théodore-Gérard Hanssen, best known under the name Théo Hanssen (10 August 1885, Wonck - 29 May 1957, Roanne) was a Belgian stained glass artist mainly active in France. His windows include some of those at Notre-Dame de la Trinité Basilica in ...

Biography

His father was a representative in the architecture circles and his mother an art teacher in Paris. As a child, Le Chevallier attended the École natione des Arts décoratifs between 1911 and 1915 where he was a student of Paul Renouard and Eugene Morand. Although mobilized during

, Le Chevallier eventually became a master artisan in 1920 in the studio of

with whom he remained until 1945. Le Chevallier was a member of the

Société des artistes décorateurs The Societé des artistes décorateurs (SAD, Society of Decorative Artists) was a French society of designers of furniture, interiors and decorative arts that was active from 1901 until the 2000s. It sponsored an annual Salon des artistes décorat ...

and secretary of the

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, in which he sometimes participated in as an artist doing paintings and watercolors. He was also one of the 25 founding members of the

Union des Artistes Moderne The French Union of Modern Artists (french: Union des artistes modernes; UAM) was a movement made up of decorative artists and architects founded in France on 15 May 1929 and active until 1959. Initially made up of around 20 dissidents of the Soc ...

(UAM) in 1929. In 1948, Le Chevallier organized the Centre d’Art sacré in collaboration with

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and has been a lecturer in

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windows at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

His Works

He is among others known for his production of luminaries during the 1920s and 1930s. He used industrial materials to create lamps designed for individuals in general or to be used in well-defined architectural projects. Le Chevallier also created a number of

windows in the studio of Louis Barillet, 15 Square de Vergennes, for the French Pavilion at the Exposition international des Arts décoratifs de 1925 in Paris. He worked on the windows of churches and chapels in France, Belgium and Switzerland ( Doullens, La Roche-Posay, Noireau Conde-sur-, Notre Dame du Cap Lihou, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, Bourg-en-Bresse ) and cathedrals ( Notre-Dame de Paris, Saint-Maurice d'Angers, Saint-Pierre de Beauvais, Saint-Jean de Besançon, Saint-Etienne de Toulouse, Cathedral of Laon, Soissons Cathedral) and abroad in the framework of the Second Reconstruction. He also made the windows of the Church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche) in Trier Among his finest achievements are the works done with the help of his son Borny (Metz) for the Church of Saint-Pierre de Pingusson.

Expositions

Several exhibits are devoted to Le Chevallier in 2007–2008. They include: * Piscine de Roubaix *

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Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

la Fondation Solange Bertrand
in

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* 15 Square de Vergennes in Paris.

References

French engravers French illustrators French decorative artists French stained glass artists and manufacturers 1896 births 1987 deaths 20th-century engravers 20th-century French printmakers {{glass-art-stub