Edmond Bille (1878 - 1959)
1878-01-24Valangin, Switzerland1959-03-08Sierre, SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Edmond Bille
Edmond Bille was a Swiss artist. Bille engaged in intense and varied activity as painter, engraver, stained glass artist, journalist, writer, and politician. He is the creator of the stained glass windows around the altar of the Cathedral of Lausanne, capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud.
Date and place of birt: | 24 january 1878, Valangin, Switzerland |
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Date and place of death: | 8 march 1959, Sierre, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Switzerland |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Genre painter, Glass painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist, Writer |
Genre: | Landscape painting, Portrait |
Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |