Roger Bissière

Church of Cornol (Switzerland), window by Bissière (1958)

Roger Bissière (22 September 1886 – 2 December 1964) was a French artist. He designed stained glass windows for Metz cathedral and several other churches.

Biography

Roger Bissière was born 22 September 1886 in Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne.[1]

He married Catherine Lucie Lotte (nicknamed Mousse), 23 January 1919. Their son Marc-Antoine was born 15 July 1925.[1]

Bissière published articles in the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau about Seurat (No. 1, 1920), Ingres (No. 4, 1921) and Corot (No. 9, 1921).[1]

In 1936, Bissière was one of the artists who executed Robert and Sonia Delaunay's designs for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne.[2] He participated in the first three documenta exhibitions of 1955, 1959 and 1964.[3]

After he realised his eyesight was deteriorating he was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1939. By 1950 his peripheral vision was severely affected and he underwent surgery. This stopped him from going blind but did not improve his eyesight, and he complained his eyes tired more quickly when he was painting.[4]

Roger Bissière died 2 December 1964[1] in Boissièrettes (near Cazals).

Legacy

Rue Roger Bissière in Paris is named in his honour.[5]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biographie". Bissiere.net. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. ↑ Düchting, Hajo (1995). Delaunay. Taschen. p. 71. ISBN 3-8228-9191-6.
  3. ↑ "Roger Bissière in the Documenta archive".
  4. ↑ James G. Ravin, MD MS (2008). "The Visual Difficulties of Selected Artists and Limitations of Ophthalmological Care During The 19th and Early 20th Centuries (An AOS Thesis)". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society. 106 (December 2008): 402–425. PMC 2646426Freely accessible. PMID 19277248.
  5. ↑ 48°51′30″N 2°24′20″E / 48.858304°N 2.40559°E

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