Chagall window Tudeley Kent
** You could easily drive straight through Tudeley, a small hamlet in the Kent Weald of a dozen houses or more. You might notice the church but think it does not look particularly remarkable and drive on. However you would be missing something quite extraordinary.
All Saints' Church in Tudeley, is the only church in the world that has all its Stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall.
There are twelve windows in total. We were the only visitors on that afternoon and we had the space to ourselves to marvel at these beautiful works of art. The main shot is of the largest of the windows the first to be placed in the church and its a memorial to a local young woman
A place of worship has existed in Tudeley since the seventh century, then one of only four in the Kent Weald. The church is listed in the Domesday Book under the village's alternative name of Tivedale. The majority of the existing structure was created in the later medieval period, during the 13th and 14th centuries.
On 19 September 1963, Sarah the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid who owned nearby Somerhill House,was drowned in a sailing accident off Rye, East Sussex. In her memory, the couple commissioned Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to design a stained glass window for the church which was installed in 1967. When Chagall arrived for the dedication of the east window in 1967, and saw the church for the first time, he exclaimed "C'est magnifique! Je les ferai tous!" ("It's magnificent! I will do them all!") Over the next ten years Chagall designed the remaining eleven windows, made again in collaboration with the glassworker Charles Marq in his workshop at Reims in northern France. The windows were all installed by 1985 and in the following order: the Memorial Window in the altar wall, the five north windows and two south windows dedicated in 1974. Installing the four chancel windows meant removing the Victorian memorial glass and so was controversial but in 1985 these last Chagall windows were dedicated and installed, their predecessors being moved to the vestry at the back of the church, just before Chagall's death.
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Chagall window Tudeley Kent
** You could easily drive straight through Tudeley, a small hamlet in the Kent Weald of a dozen houses or more. You might notice the church but think it does not look particularly remarkable and drive on. However you would be missing something quite extraordinary.
All Saints' Church in Tudeley, is the only church in the world that has all its Stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall.
There are twelve windows in total. We were the only visitors on that afternoon and we had the space to ourselves to marvel at these beautiful works of art. The main shot is of the largest of the windows the first to be placed in the church and its a memorial to a local young woman
A place of worship has existed in Tudeley since the seventh century, then one of only four in the Kent Weald. The church is listed in the Domesday Book under the village's alternative name of Tivedale. The majority of the existing structure was created in the later medieval period, during the 13th and 14th centuries.
On 19 September 1963, Sarah the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid who owned nearby Somerhill House,was drowned in a sailing accident off Rye, East Sussex. In her memory, the couple commissioned Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to design a stained glass window for the church which was installed in 1967. When Chagall arrived for the dedication of the east window in 1967, and saw the church for the first time, he exclaimed "C'est magnifique! Je les ferai tous!" ("It's magnificent! I will do them all!") Over the next ten years Chagall designed the remaining eleven windows, made again in collaboration with the glassworker Charles Marq in his workshop at Reims in northern France. The windows were all installed by 1985 and in the following order: the Memorial Window in the altar wall, the five north windows and two south windows dedicated in 1974. Installing the four chancel windows meant removing the Victorian memorial glass and so was controversial but in 1985 these last Chagall windows were dedicated and installed, their predecessors being moved to the vestry at the back of the church, just before Chagall's death.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .