Alexandre Cingria (March 22, 1879, in
Geneva – November 8, 1945, in
Lausanne) was a
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artist who worked as a painter, illustrator, and
art restorer.
He was best known for his work on stained glass windows.
Early life
Cingria was born in Geneva in 1879 from a well known Levantine Levantine may refer to:
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family, and his older brother was , a famous writer. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris as well as at several universities, academies, and art schools in Florence, Geneva, and Munich.[
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Career
He created the stained glass for the Church of Christ-Roi in Tavannes. In 1928 Cingria participated in a competition to design stained glass
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for St. Pierre Cathedral
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It is known as the adopted home church of John Calvin, one ...
in Geneva. He created the famous three mosaics located in The Old Arsenal depicting important historical occasions in Geneva, including the mosaic '' Julius Caesar arrives in Geneva''.
Personal life
Cingria, together with his friend and colleague , founded the St Luke's Group (''Groupe d'artistes St Luc'' or ''Groupe de Saint-Luc''), an association of artists, architects and intellectuals who were Catholics and loved religious art in French speaking Switzerland.Lion d'Or
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in Romont. Their club ended up including artists from a wide range of disciplines and origins.[
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See also
* :fr:École des Pâquis
References
Further reading
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External links
Alexandre Cingria
at the '' Historical Dictionary of Switzerland''
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1879 births
1945 deaths
Mosaic artists
Francophone people
19th-century Swiss painters
19th-century male artists
20th-century Swiss painters
20th-century Swiss male artists