Jean-Baptiste Capronnier

Jean -Baptiste Capronnier ( born February 1, 1814 Paris, † July 31, 1891 in Schaerbeek ) was a glass painter who endowed many churches in Belgium and other European countries with lead glass windows.

Life

Jean -Baptiste Capronnier was the son of the glass painter François Capronnier. This initially worked for the porcelain factory in Sèvres and settled in 1830 in Schaerbeek as a glass painter down. 1840 took over Jean -Baptiste Capronnier his father's workshop and developed it to the most prestigious glass painting workshop in Belgium. He worked with, among others, the painters Charles de Groux (1825-1870) and Constantin Meunier (1831-1905), who created many boxes as a template for its stained glass windows.

Works (selection)

Window in the following churches:

• Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels
• St. Gummaruskirche in Lier
• St Lawrence, Alton
• Saint -Jacques- sur- Coudenberg in Brussels
• St. Roch in Laeken
• St. Stephen's Church in Meise

Honors

The city Schaerbeek, where Jean -Baptiste Capronnier in the Rue Rogier ( first house after house No. 246, No. 251 ) lived, named a street after him.