Stained Glass News

Louis Comfort Tiffany: A master of the Gilded Age

The Huntsville Museum of Art is currently exhibiting a stunning set of rediscovered Tiffany windows, so it is a perfect time to consider the life and work of this gifted American master.

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Chagall's America Windows Return

The beloved Marc Chagall’s America Windows have returned to their proper home at the Art Institute of Chicago

Read more and see a 9 minute video of the history, creation, conservation, and reinstallation of the "Chagall windows."

Memphis Church Has One Of The Largest Collections Of Tiffany Windows

The church’s Tiffany collection includes glowing visions of angels, two separate pieces featuring a winged woman in golden robes entitled “The Morning Angel” and “The Evening Angel”, three scenes from Jesus’ childhood in the church’s children’s chapel and a towering vision of Christ’s Ascension, commissioned in 1900, at the front of the church.

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Reims Cathedral marks its 800th anniversary

A German designed the set of stained-glass windows that were recently unveiled to mark Reims Cathedral's 800th anniversary. The church, where kings were once crowned, was at the heart of post-war reconciliation.

Reims was the target of a German military attack three times over the past 150 years: in 1870-71, as well as in World War I and World War II. To mark the cathedral's 800th anniversary - and the 50th anniversary of the friendship between Germany and France - it was deemed appropriate to have a German artist design a stained-glass window.

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