Claude Bettinger
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Claude Bettinger was a sculptor and stained glass
Stained glass
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...

 artist. Born in Lyon
Lyon
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 in 1942, he died in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 in 1998.

Biographical Notes

  • He grew up in Alsace
    Alsace
    Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

    .
  • He arrived in Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

     in 1952.
  • In 1963, he graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
    École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
    École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal was an educational institution founded in Quebec in 1922. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society was instrumental in its creation....

    .
  • He pursued further studies at the Louvre.
  • He taught at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
    École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
    École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal was an educational institution founded in Quebec in 1922. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society was instrumental in its creation....

     from 1967 to 1968.
  • He taught at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
    Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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     from 1971 to 1973.

Famous Works

Several of Claude Bettinger's works occupy prominent public spaces in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

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  • In the Montreal Metro
    Montreal Metro
    The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

    , two stained glass installations at Côtes-des-Neiges Metro Station
    Côte-des-Neiges (Montreal Metro)
    Côte-des-Neiges is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .- Overview : It is a normal side...

  • Numerous stained glass works in chapels, shirches and buildings throughout the Province of Quebec
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