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Jane Gray
St Andrew and St Mary Church, Pitminster, Watercolour Window Design, Jane Gray

1987

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We acquired a series of watercolour stained glass designs from Jane Gray's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Jane Gray (b.1931) Stained Glass Design Watercolour 40.5 x 25 cm Signed, dated and studio stamp verso Provenance: the artist's studio sale The Church of St Andrew and St Mary in Pitminster was built on the site of an earlier Saxon church around 1300 and was later added to in the 15th century and restored in 1869 by the prolific English Gothic Revival architect, Sir Gilbert Scott. Gray’s design for the east window of the church, featuring a colourful Christian depiction of Christ calling Andrew to be his disciple; the window features the Sea of Galilee, the heavenly city and fishing symbols, accompanied by the line, ‘Follow me, I will make you fishers of men’, from Matthew 4:19. The window was installed in 1989. 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:
    1987
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.95 in (40.5 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU795313091532
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