1. Gabriel Loire was a French stained glass artist of the twentieth century whose extensive works, portraying various persons or historical scenes, appear in many venues around the world.
13 Facts About Gabriel Loire
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Gabriel Loire founded the Loire Studio in Chartres, France which continues to produce stained glass windows.
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Gabriel Loire was born in Pouance, France, on April 21,1904.
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Gabriel Loire died on Christmas Day, December 25,1996, shortly after finishing a design for a new window.
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Gabriel Loire often expressed the view, "La paix donne la joie" and particularly liked working with shades of blue, which he said represented to him the colour of peace.
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Gabriel Loire's stained glass artistry, blending modern and traditional elements, attained wide acceptance, as indicated by the considerable output of the Loire Studio displayed around the world.
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Gabriel Loire has other works in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Broomhill, Glasgow.
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Gabriel Loire was commissioned to create seventeen windows for a new brick church building, constructed in 1957.
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In 1976 Gabriel Loire completed the "Glory Window" for Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas.
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Gabriel Loire's celebrated Christ in Triumph over Darkness and Evil was dedicated in 1982 at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, in memory of British war hero Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India.
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Gabriel Loire created a suite of magnificent windows for Christ Church in Hamilton, Massachusetts.
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The four windows on the left of the nave at First United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, designed by Gabriel Loire depict scenes from the life of Christ: The Baptism, The Temptation, The Ministry, and his Crucifixion.
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The triangular west window by Gabriel Loire is entitled Cycle of Celebration and depicts the Christian community ascending the "holy hill of the Lord", based on Psalm 43.