Louis Leloup

Louis Leloup
Leloup in 2003
Born(1929-01-17)17 January 1929
Seraing, Belgium
Died12 August 2025(2025-08-12) (aged 96)
OccupationStained-glass artist

Louis Leloup (17 January 1929 – 12 August 2025) was a Belgian stained-glass artist.[1]

Life and career

Leloup was a teacher at the École des Cristalleries du Val Saint-Lambert from 1958 to 1971 and notably presented the stained-glass window Madone de la Lumière to Pope John Paul II in 2003.[2]

Leloup died on 12 August 2025, at the age of 96.[3]

Honours

  • Knight of the Order of Leopold (2014)
  • Officer of the Order of Merit of Wallonia (2014)

Bibliography

  • Die Sammlung Wolfgang Kermer, Glasmuseum Frauenau: Glas des 20. Jahrhunderts; 50er bis 70er Jahre (by Alfons Hannes, Wolfgang Kermer, and Erwin Eisch, 1989)
  • Louis Leloup (by Paul Caso, 1990)
  • Louis Leloup 50 ans d’art (by José Brouwers, 1997)

References

  1. ^ "Louis LELOUP". Bemelmans Dela (in French).
  2. ^ "Louis Leloup". Ville de Seraing (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.
  3. ^ Evrard, Nathalie (13 August 2025). "Décès du maitre-verrier Louis Leloup". Qu4tre (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2025.