Jacques Grüber (25 January 1870 – 15 December 1936) was a French woodworker and

stained-glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...

artist.

Biography

Grüber was born in

Sundhouse Sundhouse ( or ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes ...

(Alsace). After starting his training at the , where he would later be a teacher, he followed his learning with

Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau (; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence".Cassou, Jean. 1979. ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism ...

in Paris thanks to a student grant of Nancy. In 1893, he made some decorations for

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, some furniture for Majorelle and book covers for

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. In 1897, he founded his own studio where he specialised in glass working and stained glass windows, and in 1901 he was one of the founders of the

École de Nancy École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...

. In 1914, he moved to Paris where he opened a studio in the

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. He did the stained glass windows of the

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. He died in

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. His son

Francis Gruber Francis Gruber (15 March 1912 – 1 December 1948) was a French painter, founder of the ''Nouveau Réalisme'' school, and a member of the ''Forces nouvelles'' group. He was born in Nancy, France, the son of stained glass artist Jacques Grube ...

was a famous painter and his son

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, was also a glass artist like his father.

Stained glass windows

Image:Aquarium de l'Ecole de Nancy 04 by Line1.jpg, Glass window in the

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, France, created around 1904 File:F54-NANCY verrière-Gruber-Crédit-Lyonnais.jpg, The Crédit Lyonnais of Nancy houses the largest stained glass window in the École de Nancy style, created in 1901, Nancy, France image:Vitrail carnegie reims.jpg, Stained glass of the reading room of the Carnegie Library of

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, France Image:F 55 Gruber Vitrail Euville.jpg, Stained glass in the staircase of the

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Image:Paris_Musée_des_Arts_Décoratifs688.JPG, Stained glass window in the collection of the

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, created around 1930 in Nancy, France Image:Vitrail-Jacques-Gruber-musee-de-la-biere-Saint-Nicolas-de-Port-serveur.jpg, Saint-Nicolas de Port in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine,

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Jacques Gruber et l'art nouveau
1870 births 1936 deaths People from Bas-Rhin French woodworkers Stained glass artists and manufacturers Members of the École de Nancy French cabinetmakers Emigrants from the German Empire to France {{France-artist-stub