Category: Issue 57
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Tragic Death of Veronique Vandekerchove
We are sad to report the tragic death of Veronique Vandekerchove following a fatal traffic accident in Bruges. Veronique was the chief curator of fine arts and deputy superintendent of the M – Museum in Leuven, home of an outstanding collection of medieval stained glass. We send our deepest regrets and condolences to her family…
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William Price Window Returned to Turner’s Hospital
Superb mid-eighteenth-century glass depicting the Adoration of the Magi flanked by portraits of Sir William Turner (1615–92) and his brother John has been reinstated in the east window of the chapel at Sir William Turner’s Almshouses, Kirkleatham, near Redcar. [Figs 1, 2 and 3] The window was painted by William Price the Younger (1703 or…
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Seventeenth-century Painted Glass in Oxford
The first half of the seventeenth century saw a significant revival in glass-painting in England, related to new thinking concerning the appropriate way to adorn a church and a desire to create the ‘beauty of holiness’. An important weekend course on this subject will be held in Oxford in May. Organized by the university’s Department…
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Successful Strachan Campaign
Campaigners have been successful in their efforts to preserve the visibility of a major window by the acclaimed Scottish artist Douglas Strachan (1875–1950) in St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Frognal Lane, Hampstead, London. [Fig. 1] Following representations by members of the Scottish Stained Glass Trust and the British Society of Master Glass Painters, among others,…
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Launch of the ‘Preedy Trail’
The work of the Victorian church architect and designer of stained glass Frederick Preedy (1820–98) has been celebrated by the launch of a ‘Preedy Trail’ covering ten Worcestershire churches. [Fig. 1] Free copies of the attractively produced leaflet, which includes a brief description of the artist’s life and a map of places to visit, are…
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Chetwode Glass
Concerns have been voiced about the possible impact of High Speed 2, the rail link between London and Birmingham, on the thirteenth-century glass at the Grade 1 listed church of St Mary and St Nicholas at Chetwode in Buckinghamshire. The rail line will pass about 110 yards (100 metres) from the church. Eighteen trains an…
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Sintra Palace Study On Line
A study of the newly displayed collection of stained glass belonging to King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (King Ferdinand II, 1816–85), consort king of Queen Maria II (1819–53), at Sintra palace in Portugal, has been made available online. Written by Nuno Miguel Gaspar it describes the history of the collection in detail and catalogues most of…
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Gothic Ivory Sculpture Conference
A two-day conference entitled ‘Gothic Ivory Sculpture: old questions, new directions’ will be held in London on 23–24 March. The event is being organized by the Gothic Ivories Project and Research Forum at the Courtauld Institute of Art in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum, and speakers include Paul Williamson (the V&A’s Keeper of…
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New Research in Stained Glass Technique and Conservation
A seminar sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, to be held in early March at the historic King’s Manor campus in the centre of York, will showcase recent research in stained glass technique and conservation. In particular, it will introduce the work of young scholars and conservators, presenting exciting new research that is as…
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Les Vitraux d’Auvergne et du Limousin
François Gatouillat and Michel Hérold, with the collaboration of Karine Boulanger and Jean-François Luneau, Les Vitraux d’Auvergne et du Limousin, Corpus Vitrearum, France, Série complémentaire, Recensement des vitraux anciens de la France, Volume IX (Rennes, 2011), 45 euros The ‘Recensement des vitraux anciens de la France’ series of the French Corpus Vitrearum has reached its…