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Jane GraySaint Valery-sur-Somme Stained Glass Design, St Mary’s, Twickenham by Jane Gray1960
1960
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Jane Gray (b.1931)
Stained Glass Design (1960)
Watercolour
41 x 37 cm
Signed and dated l.r.
Provenance: the artist's studio sale
This stained glass window design is one of a handful Gray designed for her local church, St Mary’s Twickenham. St Mary’s Church stands on the site of an earlier church in Twickenham, a short distance from York House and the banks of the River Thames, and incorporates a 15th-century, medieval tower. St Mary's has an impressive and illustrious history of notable parishioners including the painter Godfrey Kneller who, after the collapse of the ancient church's 14th-century nave in 1714, took active involvement in redesigning the church in the Neo-classical style alongside local architect John James, as well as Henry Fielding and Alfred Lord Tennyson whose sons were both baptised here. Gray had a personal connection to St Mary’s, her great grandfather having been the vicar some years before. This design, in particular, commemorates the benedictine monastery at the mouth of the Somme River: the Abbey of Saint Valery-sur-Somme. The imagery focusses on the repeated motif of the heraldic and highly symbolic fleur-de-lis, set against a sky blue background, the central shield containing the head of an ornate, gilt shepherd’s crook; a religious symbol of care, particularly in difficult circumstances.
Jane Gray A.R.C.A. (b.1931) is a British stained glass artist. She studied stained glass at the Kingston School of Arts (1949-51) and later at the Royal College of Art (1951-55) under Lawrence Lee. Lee was so impressed with Gray’s work that he asked her to work alongside him on the design of ten nave windows for Coventry Cathedral. This six-year-long design project culminated in their final installation in 1962 after the cathedral’s consecration. Gray was the first woman to become a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and has designed more than a hundred windows in private and public buildings, chapels and over forty churches across the country, including St Peter’s, Martindale, Shrewsbury Abbey, St Oswald, Oswestry and St Mary, Chirk. Gray’s designs mark a crucial turning point in the history of stained glass art as the Victorian style gave way to a modern, aesthetic. In her work, Gray navigates this shift with a style that, whilst distinctly modern, retains a deep rooted sense of the medieval. Despite many of her commissions being for church windows, stained glass design was not simply about religious depiction for Gray, but more about ‘colour, shapes, luminosity, [and] playing with rainbows’.
- Creator:Jane Gray (1931, British)
- Creation Year:1960
- Dimensions:Height: 16.15 in (41 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)
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- Condition:Edge wear, edge tears and some soft creasing on this working drawing.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU795314253682
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