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Producer(s):
ARTE GEIE, MEDIENKONTOR Movie GMBH
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2021
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
Chartres is one of the last French strongholds of stained glass. Discover the city's passionate master glass artists. Among them, at 80 years old, Jacques Loire is still as creative as when he started.
Notre-Dame de Chartres is a breathtaking cathedral, both because of its monumentality and the magnificence of its stained glass windows. Glass painting workshops still abound around the building – like the Maison Lorin, one of the last 19th century establishments still in operation. At its head, Élodie Vally contributes to the preservation of an invaluable cultural heritage. For Jacques Loire, master glass artist, the art of stained glass also represents a vocation. At 80 years of age, the man who, with his father Gabriel, designed the imposing blue stained glass windows of Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is still as creative as ever. Nowadays, he is working on a project for a nursing school in Japan. GEO Reports followed the different stages of his work.