Collins Lefebvre Stoneberger

Jean-Jacques Duval est né à Strasbourg en France où il a étudié à l’École des Arts Décoratifs, après la deuxième guerre mondiale. Il est déménagé aux États-Unis en 1950 afin d’accepter l’offre de devenir concepteur pour une importante verrerie. Sept ans plus tard, Duval a ouvert son propre studio dans la ville de New York. Étant un des premiers concepteurs de verres architecturaux aux États-Unis à utiliser la « Dalle de Verre » il a transformé ces épais blocs de verre moulé en des œuvres monumentales, d’une beauté translucide et scintillante. Il a ainsi gagné une réputation internationale. Duval est également un peintre reconnu et lorsqu’il vivait à New York, il s’est lié d’amitié avec plusieurs artistes de renom incluant Stanley William Hayter et sa femme, la sculpteure Helen Phillips, Adolf Gotlieb et Willem De Kooning. C’est Kooning qui a encouragé Duval à exposer ses peintures, lesquelles sont collectionnées à travers les États-Unis, le Canada, et en Europe. Les formes naturelles ont toujours inspiré le travail de Duval et il a maintenant installé sa demeure et son studio dans une région isolée des montagnes Adirondack de New York. Parmi ses projets les plus connus, nous retrouvons : la première Église United Methodist, à Brighton, MI; l’Église St. Martin, à Martinshöhe, en Allemagne; l’Église St. Mary du Pavillon du Vatican de l’exposition mondiale de New, relocalisée vers Groton, CT; B’nai David, à Pittsburgh, PA; l’Église Christ the King Lutheran, à Olmstead, OH; l’Église Christ, de la ville de New York et le centre commercial Kasugai Seibu, à Nagoya, au Japon.

Jean-Jacques Duval was born in Strasbourg, France where (after World War II) he studied at École des Arts Décoratifs. He moved to the United States in 1950 to accept an offer to design for a major art glass studio. Seven years later, Duval opened his own studio in New York City. One of the first architectural glass designers in the United States to use Dalle de Verre, he transformed these thick blocks of cast glass into monumental works of translucent shimmering beauty, earning him an international reputation. Duval is also a recognized painter and, while living in New York City, made friends with many prominent artists including Stanley William Hayter and his wife, the sculptor Helen Phillips, Adolf Gottlieb and Willem De Kooning. It was De Kooning who encouraged Duval to exhibit his paintings, which arecollected throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Natural forms have always inspired Duval’s work and he now maintains his home and studio in a remote and scenic area of the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Among his best-known projects are The First United Methodist Church, Brighton, MI; St. Martin’s Church, Martinshöhe, Germany; St. Mary’s Church, relocated from the Vatican Pavilion of the New York World’s Fair to Groton, CT; B’nai David, Pittsburgh, PA; Christ the King Lutheran Church, Olmstead, OH; Church of Christ, New York City; Kasugai Seibu Shopping Center, Nagoya, Japan

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

	Boetie Gallery, New York, NY (paintings)
	French Embassy, New York, NY (paintings)
	The Artist Guild of New York (paintings)
	Art in Hand Gallery, Essex, NY (paintings)
	Arts Council of NY (paintings)
	Lake Placid Arts Center, Lake Placid, NY (paintings and Stained Glass)
	Champlain Bk, Plattsburgh, NY (paintings)
	Old Forge Art Ctr, NY (paintings)
	Le Pavillion des Arts, St Jean sur Richelieu, Canada (paintings)
	North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, NY (glass sculptures and paintings)
	Calligrammes Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (Paintings and Stained Glass)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

	Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (Stained Glass)
	Billy Rose Collection, Bezalel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (Stained Glass)
	Haddasah Hospital, Israel (Paintings and Stained Glass)
	Cultural attaché US Embassy Tokyo, Japan (Painting)
	Corning Museum Library, Corning, NY (slide collection)

Commissions ● OEuvres Commandées

	Winner of the international competition for the Vatican Pavilion at the New-York World’s Fair
	B’nai Israel (historic monument) in Pittsburgh, PA
	The non denominational Prince of Peace chapel in Aspen, CO
	Chapel and 2 nave windows at the Catholic National Shrine in Washington, DC
	Chapel for the FBI Academy, Quantico, VA
	Historic monument commission from the German Government for several windows, for a 18th century church St. Martin in Martenhöhe, Germany
	Nombre de dios (Oldest Catholic Church in USA) St. Augustine, FL
	New York State University (Suny), Fine Arts Bldg. Geneseo, NY
	Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA
	New York State University (Suny), Fine Arts Bldg. Plattsburgh, NY
	Several commissions in France, Japan and West Indies et al. over 450 commissions in stained glass, tapestries and mosaics / Et de plus que 450 autres commandes spéciales en France, Japon et bien d’autres pays pour des Vitraux, tapisseries et Mosaïques.