Joseph Félon
Joseph Félon (born August 21, 1818 in Bordeaux , † 1896 in Nice ) was a French painter , sculptor , lithographer and glass painter .
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In 1857 Joseph Félon was commissioned to draw 22 cardboard boxes for the choir windows of the Sainte Pérpetue church in Nîmes . These were made by Frédéric Martin stained glass in Avignon .
In 1864 he was commissioned by the city of Paris to restore the west rosette of the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont , which dates from the 17th century. In the same church in 1866 he created a new window with motifs from the childhood of Christ. In 1868 he was commissioned to restore the Sagesse de Salomon (Wisdom of Salomon ) window in the St-Gervais-St-Protais church .
In 1876, Joseph Félon created a window on the theme of redemption in a chapel in the Saint-Séverin church . Although he was not originally a glass painter, Joseph Félon was able to set up a workshop in Paris and received many public and private commissions.
Joseph Félon created sculptures on the facades of the Richelieu Pavilion ( Louvre ), the Sorbonne and for churches.
literature
- Françoise Gatouillat: Joseph Félon . In: Vitraux parisiens de la Renaissance , ed. from the Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris , Paris 1993, ISBN 2-905118-46-6 , p. 120.
- Elisabeth Pillet: Le vitrail à Paris au XIXe siècle. Entretenir, conserver, restaurer , ( Corpus Vitrearum France - Études IX) Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2010, ISBN 978-2-7535-0945-0 , pp. 307-308.
- Renate Treydel: Felon, Joseph . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 38, Saur, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-598-22778-7 , p. 116.
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| SURNAME | Félon, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter, sculptor, lithographer and glass painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1896 |
| Place of death | Nice |