Édouard Didron

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Édouard Didron
Born13 October 1836
Paris
Died14 April 1902 (1902-04-15) (aged 65)
Paris
NationalityFrench
OccupationStained glass artist
Parent(s)Mr Fiot
Ms Didron
RelativesAdolphe Napoléon Didron (uncle)

Édouard Didron (1836-1902) was a French stained glass artist and art writer.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Édouard Amedée Didron was born on 13 October 1836 in Paris.[1] His father was Mr Fiot and his mother, Ms Didron. His uncle, the archeologist and art historian Adolphe Napoléon Didron (1806-1867), adopted him.[1]

Career[edit]

He designed the stained glass in the Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Marseille.[2] He also designed stained glass in the Église Sainte-Rosalie in Paris, the Église Saint-Christophe in Cergy, the Église Saint-Ouen in Le Tronquay, the Église Notre-Dame in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, the Cathédrale Saint-Maclou de Pontoise in Pontoise, the Basilica of St. Sernin in Toulouse, the Eglise Notre Dame de Carentan and the Cathédrale Saint-Front de Périgueux in Périgueux.

Additionally, he wrote many books about art.[1] He denounced the "bastardization" of Gothic art, which meant the decoration of bars and private residences with medieval and mock-medieval works.[3] He was also the editor of Annales Archéologiques from 1867 to 1872.[1]

Death[edit]

He died on 14 April 1902 in Paris.[1]

List of Works[edit]

France

United Kingdom

Bibliography[edit]

  • Nicolas-Marie-Joseph Chapuy, Édouard Didron, Allemagne monumentale et pittoresque: ou ses vues et ses monuments (accompagnés de notes historiques) (Goupil & Vibert, 1845).[4]
  • Édouard Didron, Vitraux du Grand-Andely, (Librairie archéologique de Victor Didron, 1863).[5]
  • Édouard Didron, Les vitraux à l'expossition universelle de 1867 (Librairie archéologique de Victor Didron, 1868).[6][7]
  • Édouard Didron, Quelques Mots sur l'Art Chrétien à propos de l'Image du Sacré-Cœur (1874).[8]
  • Édouard Didron, Louis Clémandot, Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1878 À Paris. Groupe III. Classe 19. Rapport Sur Les Cristaux, la Verrerie, Et Les Vitraux. (1880).[9]
  • Édouard Didron, Catalogue de la bibliothèque iconographique et archéologique de feu (Emile-Paul, 1903, 87 pages).[10]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Dictionary of Art Historians: Didron, Adolphe Napoléon
  2. ^ Dominique Auzias, Marseille 2013 Petit Futé, Le Petit Futé, 4 Apr 2013, p. 388 [1]
  3. ^ Elizabeth Nicole Emery, Laura Morowitz, Consuming the Past: The Medieval Revival in Fin-de-siècle France, Ashgate Publishing, 2003, p. 119 [2]
  4. ^ Google Books
  5. ^ Google Books
  6. ^ Google Books
  7. ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France
  8. ^ Google Books
  9. ^ Google Books
  10. ^ Google Books