Jacques Grüber (25 January 1870 – 15 December 1936) was a French woodworker and glass artist. Grüber was born in

Sundhouse Sundhouse () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes coopera ...

(Alsace). After starting his training at the , where he would later be a teacher, he followed his learning with

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in Paris thanks to a student grant of Nancy. In 1893, he made some decorations for Daum, some furniture for Majorelle and book covers for René Wiener. In 1897, he founded his own studio where he specialised in glass working and stained glass windows, and in 1901 he was one of the founders of the

École de Nancy École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...

. In 1914, he moved to Paris where he opened a studio in the 14th arrondissement. He died in

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. His son

Francis Gruber Francis Gruber (1912–1948) was a French painter, founder of the ''Nouveau Réalisme'' school, and a member of the ''Force nouvelles'' group. He was born in Nancy, the son of stained glass artist Jacques Gruber. He first exhibited at the a ...

was a famous painter and his son Jean-Jacques Grüber, was also a glass artist like his father.

Stained glass windows

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Jacques Grüber et l'art nouveau
1870 births 1936 deaths People from Bas-Rhin French woodworkers Stained glass artists and manufacturers Members of the École de Nancy French cabinetmakers {{France-artist-stub