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From: Barbara Krueger <BEK4450@aol.com>
List Editor: Betty MacDowell <macdowe3@MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Marc Chagall in Glass
Author's Subject: Marc Chagall in Glass
Date Written: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:17:34 EST
Date Posted: Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:09:42 -0500

There is something that hasn't been mentioned in this discussion, and that
is both Chagall and Matisse had their worked translated into stained
glass.....  in the latter portion of their lives.  As most of us know, it takes
practice and learning to understand how glass colors react/relate against
and with each other....not an easy task.  I know I read somewhere that for
the chapel in Vence, France with the entire interior by Matisse, the stained
glass had to be redone at least once and possibly twice.....both times
reducing the amount of yellow glass because Matisse didn't understand how
yellow glass would be so "enhanced" by daylight.

And, I am a bit surprised no one has mentioned The Jerusalem Windows by
Chagall....and the book.  If you do not have the book, then you all MUST get
it.  The book documents and follows the development of each window, from
bl/wh sketches ...to initial color... to final color with many details... to
the stained glass, with lead lines.

Another book I have about Chagall (1887-1985) , written by Jacob
Baal-Teshuva really details the evolution of his work....within the
parameters  of the contemporary art world at that time....with one
chapter discussing his
stained glass....and a photo of HIM working on the Jerusalem windows.
Apparently his work at Notre 'Dame Haut Grace in Assy, France were his first
windows, with the cathedral in Metz, France his second and then in 1958 Chagall
met Charles Marq who worked at the Simon workshops in Reims and from then
on,  Marq collaborated with Chagall...and they used St. Just glass.

So, in closing, it  would have been interesting to see how Chagall and
Matisse would have continued their adventures in stained glass.

Barbara  Krueger
Michigan Stained Glass Census
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