Maurice Max-Ingrand, better known as Max Ingrand was a French artist and decorator, known for his work instudio glass and his stained glass windows. He was educated at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, studying under Jacques Grüber and Charles Lemaresquier. He married Paulette Rouquié in 1931. He worked with his wife in glass etching, exhibiting work at the 21st Société des artistes décorateurs in 1931. Ingrand began to work in stained glass windows for private commissions. His first church windows were for Sainte-Agnès, Maisons-Alfort and participating in the design for Notre-Dame de Paris in 1937. He was drafted for military service in 1939 and fell into captivity at Hoyerswerda in May 1940. He returned from captivity only in 1945. He divorced his wife in 1946 and married Marie-Alberte Madre-Rey, with whom he had two children. He was artistic director of Milano interior design company Fontana Arte during 1954-1967. He was elected president of the French scouting association in 1968. He founded the company Verre Lumière, one of the first producers of halogen lamps, in 1968. Ingrand created numerous church stained glass windows during the late 1940s to 1960s including windows in Pontoise Cathedral, Strasbourg Cathedral, the chapels of Château de Blois, Château d'Amboise, Château de Chenonceau and Château de Caen, Saint-Pierre de Yvetot, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, Rouen Cathedral, Beauvais Cathedral, Saint-Malo Cathedral, Tours Cathedral, Church of the Jacobins, Münster Cathedral, Liège Cathedral, São Paulo Cathedral, Washington National Cathedral, Cathedral of the Risen Christ , St. Dominic Church inSan Francisco, the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth. Max Ingrand was noted for his modern designs. This can be seen in the stained-glass windowsbehind the main altar at the Basilica of St Michel Church in Bordeaux. Ingrand died unexpectedly from influenza in Paris in 1969.
