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Gabriel Loire was born on 21 April, 1904 in Pouancé, is a French painter. Discover Gabriel Loire's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 April, 1904
Birthday 21 April
Birthplace Pouancé
Date of death 27 December, 1996
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Nationality France

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1904

Gabriel Loire (April 21, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a French stained glass artist of the twentieth century whose extensive works, portraying various persons or historical scenes, appear in many venues around the world.

He founded the Loire Studio in Chartres, France which continues to produce stained glass windows.

Loire was a leader in the modern use of "slab glass" (French: dalle de verre), which is much thicker and stronger than the stained glass technique of the Middle Ages.

The figures in his windows are mostly Impressionistic in style.

Loire was born in Pouancé, France, on April 21, 1904.

1926

After completing his schooling in Angers in 1926, he went to Charles Lorin stained glass workshop in Chartres, France; where he worked for 10 years, until leaving in 1936.

In order to leave, Loire was required to sign a non-compete agreement stating that he would not design any stained glass for 10 years.

1946

In 1946, he founded his own stained glass studio there, which continues under the direction of his son Jacques Loire and grandsons.

1957

Gabriel Loire was commissioned to create seventeen windows for a new brick church building, constructed in 1957.

The new Church was designed to combine an accessible, modern liturgical environment with minimalism that was part of midcentury architecture.

At the front, above the main doors of the church is triptych window which depicts the ministry, crucifixion, and ascension of Jesus.

Along the right side of the nave are seven windows depicting: Saint Pius X; Saint Patrick; Our Lady of Fatima; Saint Anthony of Padua; the Virgin Mary; Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus; and Saint Therese, Child of Jesus.

Along the left side of the nave are seven windows depicting: Saint Angela Merici at evening prayer with family; Saint Angela Merici praying before the Assumption of Mary; Saint Angela Merici's vision of ten virgins; the Healing of Saint Angela Merici; Saint Angela Merici founding the Ursuline Order; Saint Dominic; and Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

1958

The Holy Name Church, Oakley, Fife, (1958), notable features include the stained glass windows and the carved Stations of the Cross are also by Gabriel Loire.

In 1958 he provided an extensive and "remarkable" scheme of dalle de verre glass for St Richard of Chichester Roman Catholic Church in Chichester, West Sussex.

1960

Some of his important commissions were for churches rebuilt after destruction in World War II, in particular the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin, Germany (1960) and the Church of St. Walberge, Xertigny, Lorraine, France (1951–1952).

His greatest post-war work is in Saint Paul's Church, Whiteinch, Glasgow (1960).

It consists of 162 Square metres of curved window set in cement and embedded with chipped glass.

The main panels depict the life of Saint Paul and are ably supported in the side altar by panels of the Virgin and the roof of the Baptismal font.

The church building is Category B listed.

1962

Other notable works include Loire's stained glass windows designed in 1962 for Whatley Chapel at Johnson & Wales University in Denver, CO, and in 1980 for Salisbury Cathedral in England, as well as in 1967 for Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

1963

Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Church, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (1963).

Large window above main entrance, also designed the windows in the octagonal baptistry.

St John's RC Church, Stevenston, Ayrshire, windows depicting biblical scenes, (1963).

In 1963, the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis, Oregon, commissioned Loire to design stained glass chapel windows that expressed the congregation's dedication to the ministry of healing, funded in part by contributions from physicians in the parish.

1965

He has other works in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Broomhill, Glasgow (1965).

Though the technique here is not of chipped glass but more of painted glass.

1968

In 1968, the church contracted 49 additional windows for the main sanctuary representing "The Revelation of Truth from God through Human Personality."

1969

For St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church in Vancouver, Canada, Loire created three different commissions: in 1969, a set of six windows dedicated to women in the Bible; also in 1969, "The Great Commission", based on Mark 16:15 "Go ye into all the world"; and in 1981, a set of eight windows based on Romans 9:4–5.

1972

Two large and striking windows were completed for St Augustine's Chapel in Cork, Ireland in about 1972.

These windows measure 12.5 metres in height and about 2 metres wide; the glass is solid coloured, not stained, glass.

This glass is approximately 26 millimetres thick and is described as "dalle-de-verre", flagstones of glass, set in concrete and forming an integral load-bearing part of the building.

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1976

In 1976 Loire completed the "Glory Window" for Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas.

The window, which contains 73 panels of faceted glass, covers the spiral ceiling of non-denominational chapel to create one of the largest horizontally-mounted stained glass windows in the world.

Lower panels feature varying shades of blue.

1996

He died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1996, shortly after finishing a design for a new window.

Loire often expressed the view, "La paix donne la joie" ("Peace gives joy") and particularly liked working with shades of blue, which he said represented to him the colour of peace.

His stained glass artistry, blending modern and traditional elements, attained wide acceptance, as indicated by the considerable output of the Loire Studio displayed around the world.

In addition to more than 450 installations in France, Loire's works are found in Scotland, Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Chile, Canada, Australia and the United States of America.