Roger Bissière
Roger Bissière (22 September 1886 – 2 December 1964) was a French visual artist and teacher. He designed stained glass windows for Metz cathedral and several other churches; as well as painted, and collaged textiles.
Also recorded as Cadoudal · Roger Bissiere · Jean-Edouard-Roger Bissière · Roger André Bissière
Roger Bissière
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- Name
- Roger Bissière
- Born
- 22 September 1886
- Birthplace
- Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, France
- Died
- 2 December 1964
- Place of death
- Boissiérettes, Lot, France
- Education
- École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, École des Beaux-Arts
- Occupation
- Visual artist
- Known for
- Painting, textile collage, stained glass design
- Spouse
- Catherine "Mousse" Lucie Lotte (m. 1919–)
- Nationality
- France
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• Name — Roger Bissière • Born — 22 September 1886 • Birthplace — Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, France • Died — 2 December 1964 • Place of death — Boissiérettes, Lot, France • Education — École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, École des Beaux-Arts • Occupation — Visual artist • Known for — Painting, textile collage, stained glass design • Spouse — Catherine "Mousse" Lucie Lotte (m. 1919–)
Documentary record
Roger Bissière (22 September 1886 – 2 December 1964) is described as a painter in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Roger Bissière was born 22 September 1886 in Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne. In 1901 the family moved to Bordeaux. His mother, Elisabeth Chastaignol, died 25 April 1902. He started painting at the age of 17. In 1904 his father, Fernand Bissière, did not allow him to enter art school. Roger then travelled to Algeria. From 1905 to 1910, he enrolled at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux where he studied with Paul François Quinsac. Starting in September 1910, he studied with Gabriel Ferrier at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He married Catherine Lucie Lotte (nicknamed Mousse), 23 January 1919. Their son Marc-Antoine was born 15 July 1925.
Documentary record
Roger Bissière was born on 22 September 1886; the birthplace is Villeréal, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Villeréal (Lot-et-Garonne).
Career
Career
Bissière published articles in the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau about Seurat (No. 1, 1920), Ingres (No. 4, 1921) and Corot (No. 9, 1921). He was an art teacher at the Académie Ranson in Paris from 1925 until 1938. 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. He participated in the first three documenta exhibitions of 1955, 1959 and 1964. 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.
Forgeries
Forgeries
Between 1985 and 1995 John Myatt produced a number of fake Roger Bissière paintings for John Drewe, a purveyor of forged art.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Cadoudal, Roger Bissiere, Jean-Edouard-Roger Bissière, Roger André Bissière and Jean-Edouard-Roger Bissiere.
Identity
Identity
Roger Bissière is recorded as painter, photographer, draftsperson and artist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1886
Roger Bissière born at Villeréal.
1964
Roger Bissière died at Marminiac.
Death and legacy
Bissière died 2 December 1964, in Boissièrette, Lot, France. Rue Roger-Bissière (fr) in Paris is named in his honour.
Documentary record
Roger Bissière died on 2 December 1964; the place of death is recorded as Boissiérettes by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Boissiérette (Lot) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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reference work
- “Roger Bissière”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q518444: Roger Bissière
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scholarly publication
- Bissière, Roger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
Literature
Literature
Literature
Bissière, Roger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Bissière, Roger (1886–1964)
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- 1.Tous éléments biographiques extraits de Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., et Roger Bissière, 1886-1964, introduction de Guy Weelen, préface de Patrick Le Nouëne, Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1986, .
- 2.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., première page de la biographie.
- 3.Roger Bissière, 1886-1964, introduction de Guy Weelen, préface de Patrick Le Nouëne, Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1986,
- 4.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., cinquième page de la biographie.
- 5.Walter Lewino, dans Arts, Paris, 9-15 décembre 1984; Bissière, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1986,
- 6.Bissière, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1986,
- 7.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., neuvième page de la biographie.
- 8.Roger Bissière, 1886-1964, introduction de Guy Weelen, préface de Patrick Le Nouëne, Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1986,
- 9.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., onzième page de la biographie.
- 10.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., treizième page de la biographie.
- 11.Bissiere à la cathédrale de Metz. Espace Trévisse.
- 12.vidéo sur les vitraux de Bissière à la cathédrale de Metz. youtube.com. le 6 novembre 2017.
- 13.Bissière à la cathédrale de Metz. espacetrevisse.com. le 6 novembre 2017.
- 14.Bissière, préfaces de Gaëtan Picon et François Mathey, Paris, musée des arts décoratifs, 1966, n.p., quinzième et dix-septième pages de la biographie.
- 15.Roger Bissière, 1886-1964, introduction de Guy Weelen, préface de Patrick Le Nouëne, Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1986, .
- 16.Catalogue : .
- 17.Voir sur musba-bordeaux.fr.
- 18.Voir sur museedelodeve.fr.
- 19.1990.
- 20.Roger Bissière : Nu au hamac. musba-bordeaux.fr.
- 21.Roger Bissière : Deux nus. musba-bordeaux.fr.
- 22.Roger Bissière : la jeune femme au tricot. musba-bordeaux.fr.
- 23.Roger Bissière : Composition 109 (fond brun, jaune, rouge, drapeau). musba-bordeaux.fr.
- 24.Roger Bissière : Blanche aurore. beaux-arts.dijon.fr.
- 25.Bissière, T'en fais pas la Marie,… (Bissière, Paris, Galerie Drouin, 1947 (fac-similé); Bissière, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1966 (np); Roger Bissière, Paris, musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1986, et 64 ; Bissière, T'en fais pas la Marie, Écrits sur la peinture 1945-1964, Cognac, Le temps qu'il fait, 1994, et 35.
- 26.Bissière, lettre à Georges Boudaille, dans Les Lettres françaises, 6-12 janvier 1966 ; Bissière, Paris, Musée d'art moderne, 1986 ( ).
- 27.Présentation du livre. editions-des-paraiges.eu. le 6 novembre 2017.
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