Alexandre Cingria

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Alexandre Cingria (March 22, 1879, in Geneva – November 8, 1945, in Lausanne) was a Swiss artist who worked as a painter, illustrator, and art restorer.^[1] He was best known for his work on stained glass windows.^[1][2]

Early life[]

Cingria was born in Geneva in 1879 from a well known Levantine family, and his older brother was  [fr], a famous writer. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris as well as at several universities, academies, and art schools in Florence, Geneva, and Munich.^[1]

Career[]

He created the stained glass for the Church of Christ-Roi in Tavannes.^[3] In 1928 Cingria participated in a competition to design stained glass for St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva.^[4] He created the famous three mosaics located in The Old Arsenal depicting important historical occasions in Geneva, including the mosaic Julius Caesar arrives in Geneva.^[5]

Personal life[]

Cingria, together with his friend and colleague  [fr], founded the St Luke's Group (Groupe d'artistes St Luc or Groupe de Saint-Luc), an association of artists, architects and intellectuals who were Catholics and loved religious art in French speaking Switzerland.^[6] The group was founded in 1919 and operated between the world wars. The two men were known to have met often at the hotel Lion d'Or in Romont. Their club ended up including artists from a wide range of disciplines and origins.^[2]

See also[]

• fr:École des Pâquis

References[]

Further reading[]

• Clavien, Alain (1993). Les Helvétistes: intellectuels et politique en Suisse romande au début du siècle (in French). Editions d'en bas. ISBN 9782829001956.
• Michael Bishop; Christopher Elson (2005). Contemporary French and francophone art (in French). Rodopi. ISBN 9789042018778.
• Mariella Nuzzo (10 November 2011). Eugenio Cisterna. Un artista eclettico fra tradizione e modernità 1862-1933 (in French). Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 9788849271300.
• Marcel Poncet (1984). La violence de l'esprit et la pitié du cœur (in French). L'AGE D'HOMME. ISBN 9782825132135.

External links[]

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• Alexandre Cingria at the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland