Michigan Stained Glass Census

Artist / Studio

Studio

Loire (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

Window Name: Academics - Fine Arts 1

Window Name: Corinthian Column

Window Name: Sacrament of Holy Baptism

Window Name: The Law

Window Name: Gospels

Window Name: Prayer

Window Name: Confirmation

Window Name: Communion

Window Name: Lamb of Victory

Window Name: May bug

Window Name: Palm tree

Window Name: Shooting Star

Window Name: Horn of the Ox

Window Name: Tree in bloom

Window Name: Work of man

Window Name: The sun

Window Name: Sky full of stars

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 1-Moses Saved From the Waters

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 10-Walk in the Desert

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 2-The Burning Bush

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 3-Moses and Aaron

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 4-Passover

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 5-Passage of the Red Sea

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 6-The Quails and the Manna

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 7-The Rock of Horeb

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 8-The Tables of the Law

Window Name: The Story of Salvation, Part 9-The Golden Calf

Window Name: Non-pictorial

Window Name:

Window Name: Non-pictorial

Window Name: Baptismal Water

Window Name: Baptism: Star

Window Name: Non-pictorial

Window Name: Non-Pictorial

Window Name: Baptism of Christ

Window Name: Baptism of Christ close-up

Window Name: Baptism of Christ outside

Window Name: The Commissioning of the Apostles

Window Name: Academics - Fine Arts 3

Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 1

Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 2

Window Name: Academic - Natural Sciences 3

Window Name: Social Sciences 1

Window Name: Academic - Social Sciences 2

Window Name: Academic - Social Sciences 3

Window Name: Sacrament of Baptism

Window Name: Mystical Blue, left

Window Name: Annunciation

Window Name: Visitation

Window Name: Nativity

Window Name: Adoration of the Magi

Window Name: Boy Jesus Found in the Temple

Window Name: The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin

Window Name: The Assumption

Window Name: Pieta

Window Name: Mary at the Foot of the Cross

Window Name: Mary Meets Jesus On the Way to Calvary

Window Name: Jesus Taking Leave of His Mother

Window Name: The Loss of the Child Jesus

Window Name: Flight to Egypt

Window Name: The Prophecy of Simeon

Window Name: Decorative

Window Name: Sacrament of Baptism

Window Name: Decorative

Window Name: Evocation of Baptism

Window Name: Non-pictorial

Window Name: Non figural

Window Name: Baptism 1

Window Name: Baptism 2

Window Name: Eucharist in Symbols

Window Name: Confirmation, Last Supper, Baptism

Window Name: Holy Mother of God

Window Name: St. Joseph Shrine, Flower of the Lily

Window Name: St. Joseph Shrine, Carpenter's Tools

Window Name: St. Mary Shrine, Immaculate Heart

Window Name: St. Mary Shrine, Marian Cross

Window Name: Sacred Heart Shrine, Monstrance

Window Name: Sacred Heart Shrine, Incense

Window Name: St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, Simple Cross

Window Name: St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, Book

Window Name: Cupola to Christ the King

Window Name: I Am, Part 1

Window Name: I Am, Part 2

Window Name: Gregory the Illuminator

Window Name: Mesrob

Window Name: Saint Bartholomew

Window Name: Saint Paul

Window Name: Saint Matthew

Window Name: Saint Philip

Window Name: Saint James the Son of Alphaesus

Window Name: Saint Thomas

Window Name: Saint Matthias

Window Name: Saint Simon

Window Name: Saint James the Son of Zebedee

Window Name: Saint Andrew

Window Name: Saint John

Window Name: Saint Peter

Window Name: St. Jude

Window Name: St. Sahag

Window Name: Decorative Type 17 panel A

Window Name: Decorative Type 17 panel B

Window Name: Decorative Type 18 panel A

Window Name: Decorative Type 18 panel B

Window Name: The Armenian Cross

Window Name: Decorative Narthex Windows

Window Name: Sidelight

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