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StudioLoire (Gabriel) Studios
Birth Year: 1904
Death Year: 1996
Biography: Gabriel Loire was born in 1904 in Pouance, France. He studied the art of stained glass while at the Catholic University of Angers and wrote his thesis on it at the age of twenty. In 1926, Loire worked with Charles Lorin (1874-1940) in Chartres, France. He immersed himself in learning all he could from Lorin, and even designed some stained glass of his own. By 1936, Loire aspired to have his own studio, and to break his contract with Lorin, Loire agreed not to work in stained glass for ten years. Loire spent the next decade painting, illustrating and writing books for children, and finding other outlets for his creativity. However in 1946, he returned to his true passion, stained glass. The technique that Loire specialized in, faceted glass, appeared in France in the first third of the 20th century, and Loire thought it perfect for the architecture of the times. His work really took off when, in 1950, a Frenchman and admirer opened Loire Imports in New York, contributing greatly to Loire's work being seen outside of his native France. It was around this same time that some of his most famous windows made their mark on the United States. Loire designed windows for the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut. The church there is in the shape of a fish and surrounds the viewer with faceted glass walls. As described in the SGAA Reference and Technical Manual: A Comprehensive Guide to Stained Glass, this church paved the way for new ideas in church design, with its overwhelming colors saturating the interior. It was thought of as one of the "most powerful modern churches in the world."
Designers:
Loire, Gabriel
Window Name: Christ the King
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity - Concordia University
Window Name: Academics - Fine Arts 1
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Corinthian Column
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: The Law
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: Gospels
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: Prayer
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: Confirmation
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: Communion
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: Lamb of Victory
Building Name and City: Our Shepherd Lutheran Church
Window Name: May bug
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Palm tree
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Shooting Star
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Horn of the Ox
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Tree in bloom
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Work of man
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: The sun
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Window Name: Sky full of stars
Building Name and City: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 10-Walk in the Desert
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 2-The Burning Bush
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 3-Moses and Aaron
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 4-Passover
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 7-The Rock of Horeb
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 8-The Tables of the Law
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 9-The Golden Calf
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
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Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Baptismal Water
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Baptism: Star
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Non-Pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Non-Pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Non-Pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Non-Pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Window Name: Baptism of Christ
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity - Concordia University
Window Name: Baptism of Christ close-up
Window Name: Baptism of Christ outside
Window Name: The Commissioning of the Apostles
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity - Concordia University
Window Name: Academics - Fine Arts 3
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 1
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 2
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 3
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Social Sciences 1
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Academic - Social Sciences 2
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Academic - Social Sciences 3
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Sacrament of Baptism
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Mystical Blue, left
Building Name and City: Chapel of the Holy Trinity-Concordia University
Window Name: Annunciation
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Visitation
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Nativity
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Adoration of the Magi
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Boy Jesus Found in the Temple
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: The Assumption
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Pieta
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Mary at the Foot of the Cross
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Mary Meets Jesus On the Way to Calvary
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Jesus Taking Leave of His Mother
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: The Loss of the Child Jesus
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Flight to Egypt
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: The Prophecy of Simeon
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Sacrament of Baptism
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Decorative
Building Name and City: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
Window Name: Evocation of Baptism
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non-pictorial
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Non figural
Building Name and City: St. Andrew’s Church
Window Name: Baptism 1
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: Baptism 2
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: Eucharist in Symbols
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: Confirmation, Last Supper, Baptism
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: Holy Mother of God
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: St. Joseph Shrine, Flower of the Lily
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: St. Joseph Shrine, Carpenter's Tools
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: St. Mary Shrine, Immaculate Heart
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: St. Mary Shrine, Marian Cross
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
Window Name: Sacred Heart Shrine, Monstrance
Building Name and City: St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
