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

Biography

Grüber was born in Sundhouse (Alsace). After starting his training at the , where he would later be a teacher, he followed his learning with Gustave Moreau in Paris thanks to a student grant of Nancy, France, Nancy. In 1893, he made some decorations for Daum (studio), Daum, some furniture for Louis Majorelle, 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. In 1914, he moved to Paris where he opened a studio in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th arrondissement. He did the stained glass windows of the Villa Bleue in Barcelonnette. He died in Paris. His son Francis Gruber was a famous painter and his son Jean-Jacques Grüber, was also a glass artist like his father.

Stained glass windows

Image:Aquarium de l'Ecole de Nancy 04 by Line1.jpg, Musée de l'École de Nancy File:F54-NANCY verrière-Gruber-Crédit-Lyonnais.jpg, Nancy (France), Nancy image:Vitrail carnegie reims.jpg, Reims. Image:F 55 Gruber Vitrail Euville.jpg, Euville Image:Gran Vitral Tiffany del Hotel Ciudad de Mexico - panoramio.jpg, Mexico Image:Paris_Musée_des_Arts_Décoratifs688.JPG, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Image:Vitrail-Jacques-Gruber-musee-de-la-biere-Saint-Nicolas-de-Port-serveur.jpg, Saint-Nicolas de Port, France

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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 Emigrants from the German Empire to France {{France-artist-stub