Alexandre Cingria
Alexandre Cingria (born March 22, 1879 in Geneva , † November 8, 1945 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss painter , glass painter and art historian.
Life
The family of his father Albert Cingria originally came from Ragusa (now Dubrovnik ) and lived in Constantinople . His mother Caroline Stryjenska (1846–1913) was born in Carouge and was a painter of French-Polish origin. His younger brother Charles-Albert Cingria (1883–1954) was a writer and musician.
Cingria attended the École des beaux-arts in Geneva from 1898 to 1900 , but he was mainly self-taught . For this he made trips to Munich and Paris . In 1919 he was the founder of the Groupe de Saint-Luc et de Saint-Maurice , which sought to revive sacred art within the Catholic Church of French-speaking Switzerland.
Alexandre Cingria created more than 200 stained glass windows for over 30 churches. For the cathedral in Lausanne he designed many cardboard boxes for leaded glass windows, which were created in the late 1920s. His work was influenced by Fauvism and Cubism . He co-founded the magazines La Voile latine (1904–1911) and Cahiers vaudois in 1913.
Publications (selection)
- The decline of church art. B. Filser, Augsburg 1927.
- Souvenirs d'un peintre outpatient. 1933.
literature
- Sophie Donche Gay: Les vitraux du XXe siècle de la cathédrale de Lausanne. Bille - Cingria - Clément - Poncet - Ribaupierre - Rivier . Editions Payot, Lausanne 1994, ISBN 2-601-03155-7 . Pp. 99-104.
- Corinne Giroud: Alexandre Cingria. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 22, 2003 , accessed February 26, 2020 .
Web links
- Sophie Donche Gay: Cingria, Alexandre. In: Sikart (as of 1998)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cingria, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1945 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |