Charles Lorin

Charles Jean Baptiste Claude Lorin is a French glass painter and manufacturer, born on 16 October 1866 in Chartres, capital of the Eure-et-Loir department, and died in the same city on 23 April 1940.

Charles Lorin
"In memory of the children of Brezolles who died for their country," 1922.
Born
Jean Baptiste Charles Claude Lorin

(1866-10-16)October 16, 1866
Chartres
DiedApril 23, 1940(1940-04-23) (aged 73)
Chartres
NationalityFrench
Spouse(s)Étiennette Jeanne Piébourg
Patron(s)Nicolas Lorin (father)
Websitewww.avcel.net/maison-lorin

Life

Charles Lorin was the son of Nicolas Lorin (1833-1882) and Marie Françoise Dian (1840–1928). His father founded in 1863 the Maison Lorin in Chartres, still active in 2017.[1]

Charles married on 18 January 1898 Étiennette Jeanne Piébourg (1873–?), daughter of Alfred Étienne Piébourg, architect of the city of Chartres.

His first signed achievements date back to 1899 and he continued producing for more than 40 years, until death in 1940.

  • His first son, Charles Étienne François, born in November 1898, died at the age of 18 on the World War I battlefield in Belgium; this is probably one of the reasons why Charles Lorin was so involved in decorating the memorials of this war, like the stained glass windows of Brezolles or Le Puiset churches
  • In 1900 he had a second son, François Lorin (1900–1972), who continued the workshops Lorin after World War II .

Commissions

Commissions by Charles Lorin, 1899–1929
  • The St. Christopher Church of Baron (Gironde) is decorated with stained glass windows made in 1900 ;
  • Church of St. Peter of Épiniac , Ille-et-Vilaine, France (1904), built by architect Arthur Regnault : this church is decorated with 14 skylights listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage (00, 03-14 And 16 bays)
  • Chartres Cathedral , Eure-et-Loir (France):
    • 1919 : restoration of the 12th century West Rose Window[4]
    • 1921 : restoration of two 13th century stained glass window in the ambulatory : Saint James the Greater (bay 5)[5] and Charlemagne (bay 7)[6]
    • 1924 : realization in the south west transept of a grisaille with reinvestment of a fragment of a resurrection of Lazarus, dated late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century (Bay 34)[7]
  • Charles Lorin was chosen for Notre Dame de Lorette basilica in Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery. He worked with Henri Pinta, one of the decorators of the basilica of Montmartre (1925)[10]
  • The Notre-Dame-de-Clignancourt church in Paris. He installed the Art Deco stained-glass windows in the nave (need date).

Associates

During this period, Charles Lorin associated numerous painters to his works, such as Charles Alexandre Crauk, M. Dano,[11] Jondot,[12] Gabriel Loire, Henri-Marcel Magne, Henri Pinta[13]

Articles

Charles Lorin publishes several articles in 1906, for the 50th anniversary of the Archeological Society of Eure-et-Loir (in French):

  • Middle Ages stained glass windows, those of Chartres, particularly[14]
  • Renaissance stained glass windows[15]
  • 12th century medallion in St. Peter's Church of Chartres[16]

References
  1. Maison Lorin, on Association des Verriers de Chartres et d'Eure-et-Loir (AVCEL) (in French).
  2. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French).
  3. The Charles Lorin Stained Glass Windows at St. Jean Baptiste Church, New York , Margaret M. Duffy, M.A., Ph. D. (abd) October 2012
  4. Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals: Studies on Architecture, Stained Glass and Sculpture in Honor of Anne Prache, Professor Kathleen Nolan, Professor Dany Sandron, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jun 28, 2015, 270 pages : :Chapter 7 The West Rose Window of the Cathedral of Chartres, Claudine Lantier, page 124.
  5. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  6. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  7. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  8. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French).
  9. Palissy base, French Ministry of Culture (in French).
  10. From Death to Memory: The National Ossuaries in France after the Great War, Annette Becker, History and Memory, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall - Winter, 1993), pp. 32-49, Published by Indiana University Press
  11. Signature appearing particularly on Lorin glass windows of Notre-Dame de Clignancourt of Paris and Notre-Dame de l'Épine near Verdun.
  12. Signature appearing particularly on Lorin glass windows of Notre-Dame de Clignancourt.
  13. The "Vocabularies - Authors" base of the French Ministry of Culture presents the associated following Fact sheet "Vocabulaires-Auteurs" of Charles Lorin, references PV004999, French Ministry of Culture (in French).
  14. Les vitraux du moyen âge, ceux de Chartres en particulier. (in French)
  15. Les vitraux de la Renaissance. (in French)
  16. Médaillon du XIIe siècle dans l'église Saint-Pierre de Chartres. (in French)

See also
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