Michel Gigon
Michel Gigon | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 11, 1929 Caen, Calvados, France |
| Died | May 25, 2022 (aged 92) Le Coudray, France |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, stained-glass artist |
| Years active | 1953–2022 |
Michel Paul Marie Gigon (11 September 1929 – 25 May 2022) was a French artist renowned for his painting and his work in designing stained-glass windows.
Biography
Gigon was born on 11 September 1929 in Caen, located in the Calvados region. He embarked on his artistic journey in 1953 and passed away at the age of 92 on 25 May 2022 in Le Coudray.
Work
Throughout his career, Gigon showcased his art extensively in countries including France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Poland. His paintings are part of private collections across France, Switzerland, Germany, and Spain. Public institutions holding his works include:
- A painting displayed at the Caen museum
- Multiple drawings preserved at the Rennes museum
- A drawing housed by Arts et Lettres management in Paris
- A painting exhibited at the museum in Kłodzko (Poland)
- A painting located at CES Marcel Proust school in Illiers-Combray (Eure-et-Loir)
- A painting installed in Saint Germain l’Auxerois church, Paris
Northern France
- Chapelle du foyer de charité in Courset, Pas-de-Calais
- Chapelle de la Malassise « Ecole » in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais
- Abbaye des Moniales « Eglise » in Wisques, Pas-de-Calais
- Eglise Saint-Eloi in Aulnoye, Nord
- Eglise Saint-Michel in Haumont, Nord
- Parish church in Mont-des-Cats, Nord
Greater Paris region
- Parish church in Andrésy, Yvelines
- Parish church in Bois d’Arcy, Yvelines
- Saint-Crépin church in Château-Thierry, Aisne
- Stained-glass installations at the old monastic farm in Hodent near Magny-en-Vexin, Val d'Oise
Normandy
- CES Viviani at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime (featuring dalle de verre)
- Parish church of Goustranville, Calvados
- Abbaye Notre Dame de Grâce in Bricquebec, Manche
- Eglise Saint Malo with the painting Transfiguration in Canville la Roque, Manche
- Parish church of Cosqueville, Manche
- Parish church of Tamerville, Manche
Southern France
- Parish church of Bovila, Lot
- Parish churches of Rouillac and Saint Geniez (near Montcuq), Lot
- Chapelle du séminaire in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
- Lérins Abbey on Saint Honorat island, Alpes-Maritimes
Other sites
- Parish church of Dom-le-Mesnil, Ardennes
- Parish church of Saint-Sauvant, Charente-Maritime
- School of la Sablonnière with stained-glass window and mosaic in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir
- Church of Lantierne in Arzal, Morbihan
Bibliography
- Revue Vitrea: Vitrail - Verre - Architecture - Le vitrail français moderne
International Center for Stained Glass Review - issue no. 4 - second semester 1989 Page 52: Painters and stained glass
Publications focusing on Michel Gigon
- Monograph titled "Michel Gigon"
Authored by Jil Silberstein with a preface by André Frossard (1980)
- Le vitrail français contemporain
Françoise Perrot - International Center for Stained Glass - Chartres Published by L'oeil & la main - La manufacture (1984), p. 68
- Le vitrail Contemporain "Comme un chant de lumière"
Jean-Marie Geron - Albert Moxhet Published by Dexia - La renaissance du livre, Collection Références, pp. 18, 146–147
- Exhibition review: A century of stained glass in Picardy
Association Monuments de Picardie (April 1987)
- L'Homme nouveau - No. 1411 (22 December 2007)
Profile titled "An unsettling artist" by Geneviève Bayle
External links
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles without Wikidata item
- 1929 births
- 2022 deaths
- 20th-century French painters
- 20th-century French male artists
- French male painters
- 21st-century French painters
- 21st-century French male artists
- French abstract artists
- People from Caen
- French stained glass artists and manufacturers