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Marguerite Huré (1895–1967) was a French stained glass artist. She is considered to be the artist who introduced abstraction into French religious glassmaking.
Huré first studied with glass artist Émile Ader before founding her own atelier in 1920. She worked with many artists, among whom were Maurice Denis, George Desvallières, Marie Alain Couturier, Valentine Reyre and Jean Bazaine; among the architects with whom she collaborated was Auguste Perret, with whom she worked on decorations for Notre-Dame du Raincy, the chapel of the school of la Colombière in Chalon-sur-Saône, and Saint-Joseph du Havre. Her work may also be found at Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien in Épinay-sur-Seine.
Huré was proud of her independence in a field dominated by men, and she was frequently seen smoking a pipe. This led to her being given the nickname Jeune fille à la pipe. She was also the inventor of a technique, called brique Huré, for which she received a patent in 1930. She died in 1967.