Claude Bettinger Explained

Claude Bettinger
Birth Date:	1942
Birth Place:	Lyon, France
Death Date:	1998
Death Place:	Quebec, Canada
Nationality:	Canadian
Field:	sculptor, stained glass artist, educator

Claude Bettinger was a sculptor and stained glass artist. Born in Lyon in 1942, he died in Quebec in 1998.^[1]

Biographical notes

• He grew up in Alsace.
• He arrived in Quebec in 1952.
• In 1963, he graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
• He pursued further studies at the Louvre.
• He taught at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal from 1967 to 1968.
• He taught at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières from 1971 to 1973.

Famous works

Several of Claude Bettinger's works occupy prominent public spaces in Montreal and Quebec:

• In the Montreal Metro, two stained glass installations at Côtes-des-Neiges Metro Station^[2]
• Numerous stained glass works in chapels, churches and buildings throughout the Province of Quebec

Honours

• Royal Canadian Academy of Arts^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claude Bettinger.
2. Web site: Claude Bettinger.
3. Web site: Members since 1880 . Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . 11 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp . 26 May 2011 .