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Edmond Bille (1878 in Valangin – 1959 in Sierre) was a Swiss artist. Bille engaged in intense and varied activity as painter, engraver, stained glass artist, journalist, writer, and politician. He is the creator of the stained glass windows around the altar of the Cathedral of Lausanne, capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Genève from 1894 to 1895, and the Académie Julian in Paris as well as in Neuchâtel and Florence.[1][2][3]

Bille, Hans Widmer and Jakob Herzog created the artist colony in the Bernese Oberland at Brienzwiler. He eventually settle in Sierre. Other stained glass projects can be seen in churches and public buildings in Martigny, Sierre, and other parts of the Valais region of Switzerland. His daughter S. Corinna Bille became a well-known writer.

References

External links

• Villageantiques.ch
• Site about the life and work of Edmond Bille

На других языках

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[de] Edmond Bille

Edmond Bille (* 24. Januar 1878 in Valangin; † 8. März 1959 in Sierre) war ein Schweizer Künstler. Seine Tätigkeiten waren vielseitig, so war er Maler, Graveur, Journalist, Schriftsteller und Politiker. Edmond Bille ist auch der Schöpfer der Glasfenster rund um den Altar der Kathedrale Notre-Dame in Lausanne.

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- [en] Edmond Bille

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[fr] Edmond Bille

Edmond Bille, né le 24 janvier 1878 à Valangin (canton de Neuchâtel) et mort le 8 mars 1959 à Sierre (Valais), est un peintre et vitrailliste suisse.

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