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Originally from the department of Aisne in northern France, Auguste Labouret [brother of Jean and founder of the studio] studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. In 1902 he opened his own glassmaker's studio in Paris. Labouret kept an eye on the period’s ever-changing tastes. He produced stained glass and mosaics for several buildings that have become icons of early 20th century trends. The stained glass windows he produced in 1909 for the Villa Demoiselle in Reims (France) represent an interesting transitional design between Art Nouveau and Art Deco known for its simplified and highly stylized geometry. In the 1920s, Art Deco became increasingly popular in urban centers. In 1924, Labouret produced mosaics of this style for Maison Prunier in Paris In the 1930s, Labouret had a hand in the interior design of the SS Normandie. Auguste Labouret conceptualized the dazzling decor of the ship’s sumptuous banquet hall which had no windows or natural light. Labouret thus designed wall surfaces made from thick glass slabs, hand-chiseled to absorb and reflect the room’s artificial light [Preceding text extracted and edited from Labouret stained glass].
His studio was also the 'inventor' of a new method stained-glass production, Dalle de verre where the two brothers, Antoine and Jean LABOURET's experiments initiated the medium that others were to follow. The latters work is represented in South Africa by a group of windows designed and made by Jean Labouret, to be seen in the Anglican parish church of St Cuthbert's in Port Elizabeth. Leo THÉRON's wish to study new trends of stained glass, dalle de verre, at first hand, to keep abreast of developments, was met by the award of a bursary from France's Ministry for Economic Affairs, a grant which enabled him to travel to and through France and to work in the studios of some of the masters of the pioneers of the technique, including the studios of the brothers Labouret [Oxley, John. 1993. In Werth, A & Harmse, F (Compilers). Our Art 4. Auckland Park: Foundation for the Creative Arts. pp 146-153]. List of projects With photographs With notes
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