Stained glass by Alfred Manessier
In France
Abbeville (Somme), Église du Saint-Sépulcre, 1982-1993.
Creation of 31 stained glass windows on the theme of the Passion and Resurrection, the last set of stained glass windows by Alfred Manessier installed before his death. Glass and lead. realized by Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres.
Alby-sur-Chéran (Haute-Savoie), Église Notre-Dame de Plaimpalais et Saint-Donat, 1978.
“Magnificat, Litanies”, “Et Marie gardait tout en son cœur”, “Résurrection”, “L’Assomption”, “Les Sept glaives”. Glass and lead, produced by Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres.
Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), Église Saint-Pierre de Trinquetaille, 1953-1975
“Litanies matinales”, “Litanies vespérales” 1953. Twenty-two small accompanying stained glass windows 1975. Glass and lead. Director: Ateliers François Lorin, Chartres.
Les Bréseux (Doubs), Église Saint-Michel, 1948-1950.
These first stained glass windows for Manessier were also the very first non-figurative stained glass windows installed in a religious building. “Paysage bleu”, “Paysage doré”, “À la Vierge”, “À Sainte Agathe”, “Le Baptême”, “La Pénitence”, “un œil-de-bœuf : La Musique ou Chant grégorien”. Glass and lead. Directed by: François Lorin Workshops, Chartres and Paris.
Céret (Pyrénées Orientales), La Capelleta (Chapel of the old hospital converted into a music room), 1985.
Set of five stained glass windows: Music and landscape.
Chartres (Eur-et-Loir), Tombe de François Lorin (master glassmaker), Saint-Chéron cemetery, 1972-1973.
Chartres (Eur-et-Loir), Centre international du vitrail.
Replicas of the rose and a stained glass window of the Church of Saint-Bénigne, Pontarlier
Replicas of the two stained glass windows of the Entombment, Church of Saint-Sépulcre, Abbeville.
Hem (Nord), Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte-Face, 1957.
Creation of two walls of light (stained glass) and a semicircular baptistery. Hallelujah, produced by Ateliers Jean Barillet, Paris. Creation of liturgical vestments and ornaments for the chapel. Weaving: Atelier Plasse Le Caisne.
Locronan (Finistère), Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, 1985.
Creation of seven stained glass windows in the choir: La Bonne-Nouvelle, glass and lead, realization: Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres.
Metz (Moselle), Institut régional d’administration, 1986.
“L’Invitation au travail”, located in the hall of the I.R.A., glass and concrete slab, realization: Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres.
Paris XVe, Chapelle du Couvent des Sœurs de l’Assomption, 1968-1969 (en partie déposé).
Set of 26 stained-glass windows and 8 roses, glass and lead – created by Ateliers François Lorin, Chartres.
Paris XVIe, Couvent des Carmes, 5 Villa de la Réunion, 1962.
Ciborium of the Couvent des Carmes.
Pontarlier (Doubs), Église Saint-Bénigne, 1973-1975.
Creation of eighteen stained glass windows and a rose. Main themes: Le Baptème (Baptistère), Alleluia pascal (chœur), Quatre saisons (chapelle du Saint-Sacrement), Le Christ gisant (Chapelle des morts), glass and lead. Director: Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres.
Clohars-Carnoët, Le Pouldu (Finistère), Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Paix (with the collaboration of Jean Le Moal), 1958
Creation of three stained-glass windows for the choir (central stained-glass window: The Veil of the Virgin), a small stained-glass window co-signed for the baptistery, glass and lead – Realization: Ateliers Jean Barillet, Paris.
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, (Vosges), Cathedral (north transept), 1986.
Set of four stained glass windows for the north transept of the cathedral. Passion of Christ – Garden of the Olive Trees. Central stained glass window: My soul is sad until death. Glass and lead – Realization: Hermet & Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres
Saverne (Bas-Rhin), Église de la Nativité de la Vierge, 1975-1976.
Creation of four stained glass windows in the Chapel of Saint-Michel.
Verdun (Meuse), Chapelle du Carmel, 1967-1968.
Creation of twin stained glass windows for the choir, on the theme of the Ascension, 1967 – 1968, glass and lead – Created by Ateliers François Lorin, Chartres.
Vogüé (Ardèche), Chapelle du château, 1978-1980.
Creation of four small stained-glass windows, 1980, glass and lead – Realization: Atelier Jean-Luc Vézier
In Switzerland
Basel, Church of All Saints, 1952
A stained glass window for the week chapel, a mosaic. Glass and lead. Directed by: Ateliers François Lorin, Chartres
Fribourg, St. Nicholas Cathedral, 1976- 1979 – 1988
The Night of Good Friday and The Light of Easter, two stained glass windows for the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, 1976
Ten stained glass windows for the high windows of the nave, on the theme of Pentecost, 1979-1983
Creation and installation of the rose, Magnificat, in the Treasure Room, 1985-1988. glass and lead. Directed by Michel Eltschinger, Villars sur Glâne, Switzerland.
Pringy, near Gruyères, (Canton of Fribourg), Sainte-Agathe de Pringy Chapel, 1990.
Les Hauts-Geneveys, Val de Ruz, (Canton de Neuchâtel), Oratory of the Perce-Neige center of Plainchis, 1977-1978.
Clartés, six stained glass windows, 1977-1978, glass slab and concrete. Directed by Michel Eltschinger, Villars sur Glâne, Switzerland.
Moutier (Canton of Bern), Church of Our Lady of the Provost, 1965-1969
(sculptures and tapestry of Henri-Georges Adam).
Les Mystères joyeux, Les Mystères douloureux, Les Mystères glorieux – plus two lancets, Stained glass window for the nave, 1965
Les Eaux vives, sixteen panels for the baptistery, 1968
Le Ciel, stained glass for the choir, glass slab, synthetic resin and lava. Director: Ateliers Jean Barillet, Paris.1969
Posieux (Canton of Fribourg), Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive, 1976.
Bouquet at Saint-Bernard and Ressuscitated on the 3rd day, two twin stained glass windows for the chapter house, glass and lead. Directed by Michel Eltschinger, Villars sur Glâne, Switzerland,1976.
In Germany
Berlin-Schöneberg, Paul Gerhardt Evangelical Church, 1980.
Alleluia Pascal, a triangular stained glass window above the choir, glass and lead. Directed by G. Hermet & J. Juteau, Ateliers Lorin, Chartres, 1980.
Bremen, Unser Lieben Frauen Protestant Church, 1966-1979.
Stained glass window in the choir: Pentecost. Two stained glass windows for the nave: The Word (right); And the Word became flesh (left). Rose for the rostrum: And Mary kept everything in her heart, 1966.
Three stained glass windows for the nave, 1969
Six accompanying stained glass windows for the choir. A tympanum above the left door, 1971-1973
Four stained glass windows for the Christophorus Hall. An accompanying stained glass window and two entrance spandrels on the right, glass and lead. Produced by Ateliers François Lorin, then G. Hermet & J. Juteau (from 1973), 1979.
Cologne, Crypt of St. Geron’s Basilica, 1963-1964.
The Theological Virtues: Faith, Charity, Hope and Passion. Set of twelve stained glass windows for the crypt, 1964.
Essen, Crypt of the Münsterkirche, 1959-1960.
Underground water, eight stained glass windows for the crypt, glass and lead. Director: Ateliers François Lorin, Chartres. 1959
In Spain
Llutxent, Chapel of the Hermita, 1974.
Four stained glass windows for the dome of the chapel and one stained glass window for the boudoir of Our Lady of Consolation. Glass and lead. Realization: Ateliers Lorin, Chartres. Place where Alfred Manessier stayed regularly from 1963 to 1985.