Édouard Didron Explained
| Édouard Didron |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1836 |
| Birth Place: | Paris |
| Death Place: | Paris |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Stained glass artist |
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| Parents: | Mr Fiot
Ms Didron |
| Relatives: | Adolphe Napoléon Didron (uncle) |
Édouard Didron (1836-1902) was a French stained glass artist and art writer.
Biography
Early life
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
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
He died on 14 April 1902 in Paris.[1]
List of Works
France
- Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
- Cathedrale Saint-Front, Périgueux, Dordogne
- Eglise Saint-Ouen, Le Tronquay, Eure
- Basilica de Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
- Sainte-Roslie, Paris, Île-de-France
- Eglise Notre-Dame, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime
- Saint-Christophe Church, Créteil, Val-de-Marne
- Cathedrale Saint-Maclou, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise
- Église Saint Germain des Prés, Paris : dated 1894, in the chapel Saint Joseph in the ambulatory
United Kingdom
Bibliography
- 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]
Notes and References
- http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/didrona.htm Dictionary of Art Historians: Didron, Adolphe Napoléon
- Dominique Auzias, Marseille 2013 Petit Futé, Le Petit Futé, 4 Apr 2013, p. 388 https://books.google.com/books?id=ky7S4z1hLKwC&dq=%22Jules+Cantini%22&pg=PA388
- Elizabeth Nicole Emery, Laura Morowitz, Consuming the Past: The Medieval Revival in Fin-de-siècle France, Ashgate Publishing, 2003, p. 119 https://books.google.com/books?id=eYXxDWaiEyQC&dq=%22%C3%89douard+Didron%22&pg=PA119
- https://books.google.com/books?id=GKK9GwAACAAJ Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMtAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22%C3%89douard+Didron%22&pg=PP4 Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=GV_fFmN-h3wC Google Books
- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6208983j Bibliothèque nationale de France
- https://books.google.com/books?id=tYe9HAAACAAJ Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Rz4eMwEACAAJ Google Books
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ORpjtwAACAAJ Google Books
