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Guido Nincheri was a Canadian artist working mainly in stained glass

Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...

and fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

Biography

Born in Prato

Prato

Prato is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is situated at the foot of Monte Retaia , the last peak in the Calvana chain. The lowest altitude in the comune is 32 m, near the Cascine di Tavola, and the highest is the peak of Monte Cantagrillo...

, Italy

Italy

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, he studied art in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

and immigrated to Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

in 1915 after a short stay in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

where he decorated the Boston Opera House

Boston Opera House (1909)

The Boston Opera House was an opera house located on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1909 as the home of the Boston Opera Company and was demolished in 1958 after years of disuse....

.

Nincheri designed the interior decoration of many Catholic churches across Canada and New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

, including Saint-Viateur d'Outremont and Saint-Léon de Westmount Church

Saint-Léon de Westmount Church

Saint-Léon de Westmount Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Westmount, Quebec at 4311 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West. Built in 1901, the church was designed by well known Montreal architect Georges-Alphonse Monette and decorated by Guido Nincheri from 1901 to 1903, using the wet plaster...

(a National Historic Site of Canada). He not only executed frescoes and stained glass, but also designed a number of churches, including St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua (Ottawa)

St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in Ottawa, Canada. Founded in 1908 it has long been the focal point of Ottawa's Italian-Canadian community. The church is located at 427 Booth Street in the heart of Little Italy. The first church was a small chapel, but burnt down in 1913 and...

in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

and the Church of the Madonna della Difesa

Church of the Madonna della Difesa

The Church of the Madonna della Difesa is a church in Montreal's Little Italy, Canada. It was built by Italian immigrants to Montreal, specifically those from Molise, to commemorate the apparition of the Madonna in La Difesa, in Casacalenda, Molise...

in Montreal, which is famous for its fresco depicting Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

on horseback among a group of the faithful. In the United States many of his works are found in the Franco-American Catholic Churches of the Providence Diocese in Rhode Island. Three of his largest works are in the Church of Christ the King, West Warwick, RI. His secular work includes the Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is a natural history museum and planetarium within Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island....

in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

and the Château Dufresne

Chateau Dufresne

The former residence of Marius Dufresne and Oscar Dufresne, the Château Dufresne was originally divided into two separate households, one for each brother...

in Montreal.

In addition to the churches mentioned above, his frescoes can be seen in St Ann's Church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 41,186 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts border....

; Ste. Amélie in Baie-Comeau, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

; St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in Ottawa; St. Michael's and St. Anthony's in Montreal; the Chapel of the Saints-Noms-de-Jésus-et-de-Marie Mother House in Montreal.

Nincheri executed an estimated 2000 stained glass windows in about 100 different churches in Quebec

Quebec

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, the Maritimes

Maritimes

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

and New England. One of his stained glass windows from Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)

Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver)

Holy Rosary Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver; its Archbishop is J. Michael Miller, CSB and its Rector is the Very Rev. Glenn Dion...

was featured on a Canadian Christmas 45-cent postage stamp in 1997.

Awards and Honors

For his work at the Roger Williams Park Museum, which was donated without charge, the city of Providence named Nincheri an honorary citizen. The Italian government also knighted him in 1972.

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