The Workshop in Lyon In the narrow streets of Lyon, near the church of Saint-Nizier, the air once held the scent of pigments and the heat of a glassmaker's furnace. Claude Guinet lived and worked in this environment, a place where the boundaries between painting on wood and the delicate art of stained glass were often blurred. By 1496, he was a recognized figure in the local guild, signing the statutes of the painters, glass painters,…
Scroll through Claude Guinet's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Claude Guinet's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.