Alexandre Cingria

Alexandre Cingria
Born	(1879-03-22)22 March 1879 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	8 November 1945(1945-11-08) (aged 66) Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Known for	Painting, decorating

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 Charles-Albert Cingria [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 Fernand Dumas [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

1. Cingria, Alexandre. Oxford. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00038440. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 2019-06-09. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. "Maison St-Charles". Fribourgregion.
3. Swiss Heritage Sites Geo-data, Eglise Du Christ-Roi (in German) accessed 30 July 2013
4. Xavier Barral i Altet; Stained Glass: Masterpieces of the Modern Era – page: 69
5. Jean de Senarclens (1995). Genf: Historischer Rundgang (in German). Tricorne. p. 19. ISBN 9782829301483.
6. Pistoletti, Pierre (8 July 2016). "Saint-Luc, ou le renouveau de l'art sacré en Suisse romande". Conférence des Évêques Suisses.

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

• Alexandre Cingria at the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland