Sylvie Gaudin (19 June 1950 – 1994) was a French glass painter and stained glass artist and manufacturer.
Life
Gaudin was born in
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the Parisian area, located from its Kilometre zero, centre. It is a Subprefectures in ...
in 1950, her father was the stained glass designer
Pierre Gaudin
Pierre Gaudin (1908–1973), son of Jean Gaudin (1879–1954) and grandson of Félix Gaudin (1851–1930) was a glass painter and mosaic artist. His studio executed mosaic designs and stained-glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a mater ...
. She was the fourth generation of stained glass workers and she took over the business when her father died. Pierre Gaudin died in 1973, his father was
Jean Gaudin (1879–1954) and his father and Sylvie's great grandfather was
Félix Gaudin
Félix Gaudin (10 February 1851 in Paris–15 September 1930 in Châtenoy-le-Royal) was a stained glass artist in France. He was the father of Jean Gaudin and grandfather of Pierre Gaudin.
Gaudin was an early employer of Jean Baptiste Guth
...
(1851–1930) who was a glass painter and mosaic artist.
In 1988 she painted realistic pictures of the people and scenery in the rural scenery around Cazenac Church in the
Dordogne.
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Gaudin died in 1994.
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Works (include)
* Rouen Cathedral - Windows of St Peter and St Paul
* Church of St-Gervais-et-St-Protais
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais () is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, on Place Saint-Gervais in the Marais district, east of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). The current church was built between 1494 and 1657, ...
in Paris, five windows in the southwest ''chevet'' of the church, representing the Nativity, Pentecost, the Baptism, the Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ. (1990-1993)
References
1950 births
1994 deaths
People from Boulogne-Billancourt
Stained glass artists and manufacturers
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