Joseph Villiet (August 10, 1823 – July 10, 1877) was a French master stained glass artist born in
Ébreuil
Ébreuil (; Auvergnat dialect, Auvergnat: ''Esbreule'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Allier Departments of France, department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Allier department
References
Commune ...
,
France. He trained at the
atelier of Émile Thibaud and Étienne Thevenot, at
Clermont-Ferrand. In 1852, he relocated to
Bordeaux where he worked until his death in 1877.
Villiet became a member of the Bordeaux Imperial Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts in 1859. The same year, he published an essay on the history of murals in the academy's collections.
Notable works
Most of Villiet's stained glass work is found in southeast France, as well as in Allier,
Loiret,
Manche,
Puy-de-DĂ´me, and
Paris.
*
Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux
Bordeaux Cathedral, officially known as the Primatial Cathedral of St Andrew of Bordeaux (french: Cathédrale-Primatiale Saint-André de Bordeaux), is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the se ...
: Multiple stained glass installations (chapels of Saint-Joseph, Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel, de l'Annonciation, Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Charles-Borromée, du Sacré-Cœur)
*
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors
*
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bazas (
Gironde
Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,62 ...
, 1852–1862)
* Église Notre-Dame de
NĂ©rac
NĂ©rac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in NĂ©rac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Dar ...
(
Lot-et-Garonne).
* Église Saint-Nicolas de
NĂ©rac
NĂ©rac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in NĂ©rac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Dar ...
(
Lot-et-Garonne, 1856–1868)
* Église d'
Isle-Saint-Georges
Isle-Saint-Georges (; oc, L'Isla Sent Jòrgi) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Gironde department
The following is a list of the 535 Communes of Fran ...
(Gironde)
* Église Saint-Joseph d'
Albi
* Église Saint-Paulin de
Carbon-Blanc
Carbon-Blanc (; oc, Carbon Blanc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1853 when it was separated from neighboring Bassens by decree of Napoleon III.
Population
Sist ...
(
Gironde
Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,62 ...
) : vitraux de la nef et des tribunes (1872-1877)
* Église Saint-Sauveur de
Castelsarrasin (
Tarn-et-Garonne)
* Prieuré de bénédictins de
Marmande (
Lot-et-Garonne)
See also
References
1823 births
1877 deaths
French stained glass artists and manufacturers
People from Allier
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