Hard Opaline "flat" By Master Glassmaker Bernard Gilbert 20th Century Foliage Very Good Condition 29.5x24.5 Cm

Hard opaline "Flat" by Master Glassmaker Bernard GILBERT 20th Foliage Very good condition 29.5x24.5 cm Short History: When the deputy mayor of Précy sur Oise, Mr. Charles Minost, was looking for a master glassmaker to replace the cathedral glass which was blocking “temporarily” the windows of the church until 1958, friends introduced him to Bernard GILBERT, a Parisian master glassmaker who worked in the footsteps and spirit of Georges Rouault. For the latter, the transcription into stained glass of a pictorial work requires a whole lot of acid engraving work, colored grisailles, a whole kitchen of painting with two or three temporary lead placements. Technique matters little to him. It is above all a different conception of art that counts. The mayor of Précy, who appreciated the painter Rouault, was won over by the cartoons and proposals of master GILBERT who thus prevailed over the other master glassmakers "… http://delamarre.net/joomla/precy-au-fil -de-l-eau/l-eglise/les-stained-glass windows.html