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Rosemary Rutherford exhibition
An exhibition on the life and work of the mid 20th century stained glass artist Rosemary Rutherford recently opened at St Mary and and Leonard’s parish church, Broomfield near Chelmsford Essex. Rosemary’s father was the vicar at this church which … Continue reading
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Victor Rothman (1947 —2023)
It was with sadness that we learned from US colleague Daniella Peltz of the death of Victor Rothman. She echoed the sentiments of many of Vic’s colleagues: ‘I worked with Victor on and off for nearly 30 years and he … Continue reading
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Where Vidimus leads, others follow!
In our August 2022 issue, we highlighted the identification by Virginia Raguin and Hadley Arnold of the first known depiction in American public art of Jesus as a black man. The glass, by the studio of Henry E. Sharp, was … Continue reading
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News from the Stained Glass Museum
SGM Collections now on ART UK One hundred objects from The Stained Glass Museum’s unique collection of art are now represented on Art UK, a unique online resource featuring public art collections from across the UK. Explore here. (Fig. 1). As … Continue reading
News from Australia
Beverley Sherry has been in touch to advise fellow Vidimus readers that the entire proceedings of the conference, GLASS: Vision Reflection Imagination, Australia’s contribution to the International Year of Glass (2022), have now been video recorded. The Conference Program is here and … Continue reading
The Revd. Gordon Plumb 1942–2022
Gordon Plumb, who specialised in the photography of stained glass for over 30 years, and whose images have appeared in numerous Corpus Vitrearum publications at home and abroad, has died at the age of eighty. Born in Balsham in Cambridgeshire, … Continue reading
Joan Vila Grau, 1932 – 2022
It was with great sadness that Vidimus learned of the death on 11 November of Catalonia’s most revered contemporary exponent of stained glass, entrusted since 1999 with the glazing of the cathedral of the Sagrada Família in his native Barcelona … Continue reading
ICON Stained Glass Group Meeting 2022 – 29th October 2022
The Stained Glass Group will be holding their Annual Meeting and AGM in person at the Artworker’s Guild, Queen Square, London. The programme will include a morning of presentations, with a short AGM prior to lunch, in the Hall. In … Continue reading
Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum on Display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Fall 2023
Michael W. Cothren During the 1920s and 1930s, Philadelphia lawyer, businessman, and political activist Raymond Pitcairn (1885–1966) gathered one of the largest and finest collections of medieval architectural arts in America. He did not set out to be a collector, … Continue reading
Roland Sanfaçon, Emeritus, University Laval (26 July 1934 – 30 October 2021)
Like many French-Canadians of his generation, Roland Sanfaçon looked to France for his academic formation. After his undergraduate training at Université Laval in Quebec City, he went to France for his upper degrees, at the Université de Poitiers (1957–59) and … Continue reading
