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French stained glass.(Brief article)
Lille, in northern France, lies close to the Belgian border. As a center of the textile trade, it has flourished both economically and artistically, and over the centuries it has grown in size and importance. The nineteenth century was a period of great prosperity that coincided with the establishment in Lille of a stained-glass workshop by Charles Gaudelet. The windows he supplied for about a dozen local churches were designed primarily by three artists, Jean Baptiste Capronnier (1814-1891), Bruno Cherier (1817-1880), and Victor Louis Mottez. Major themes common in the church windows are the Passion; the Virgin, particularly scenes of the Annunciation; and depictions of saints of particular importance to the region.
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