Jean-Baptiste Capronnier
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born February 1, 1814 in Paris , † July 31, 1891 in Schaerbeek ) was a glass painter who equipped many churches in Belgium and other European countries with leaded glass windows .
Life
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier was the son of the glass painter François Capronnier (1779-1853). He initially worked as a gilder for the porcelain manufactory in Sèvres and settled in Schaerbeek as a porcelain painter in 1820. He first became known as a glass painter in 1828 when King Willem I granted him a patent for the reinvention of glass painting. Jean-Baptiste helped his father in the studio from 1836 and took over the workshop in 1839. He developed it into the most prestigious glass painting workshop in Belgium. He worked with the painters Charles de Groux (1825–1870) and Constantin Meunier (1831–1905) , among others , who created numerous cardboard boxes as templates for his leaded glass windows.
Works (selection)
Windows in the following churches:
- Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels
- St. Gummarus Church in Lier
- St Lawrence in Alton
- Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg in Brussels
- St. Roch in Laeken
- Stephanskirche in Meise
- Cathedral in Cloyne
Honors
The town of Schaerbeek, where Jean-Baptiste Capronnier lived in Rue Rogier (first house no. 246 and then house no. 251), named a street after him.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elgin Vaassen: Pictures on Glass . Glass painting between 1780 and 1870. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-422-06206-8 , p. 106 .
- ^ Cloyne Cathedral St Colman. Retrieved October 11, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capronnier, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1891 |
| Place of death | Schaerbeek |