Saint Marcellin Champagnat. 2018 by Stephen B. Whatley
A new Catholic tribute painting of Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840), French Founder of the Marist Brothers, by British expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley.
Marcellin Champagnat was made a Saint in 1999 and the portrait tribute was created with prayers on his Feast Day , June 6th, 2018.
The artist is a Catholic convert and his exhibition, Paintings From Prayer was staged at London's Westminster Cathedral in 2013. Stephen gets what he feels a 'Divine Push' to paint tributes of faith, amongst his other work - and was inspired to paint this tribute, looking at various historical images of Marcellin Champagnat ; after the Marist Brothers in Canada reached out earlier this year and commissioned him to paint a tribute to The Good Mother, a devotion to Our Lady, originated by Marcellin Champagnat.
The Marist Brothers are known as the Little Brothers of Mary, a community of teaching brothers dedicated to making Jesus known and loved through the education of young people; and are located in 79 countries worldwide.
They were founded in 1817 by Marcellin Champagnat in France, driven by his compassionate concern at finding a dying teenager with no knowledge of God.
Alongside his directly Catholic tributes, the work of Stephen B. Whatley is on public display every day in the City of London, just outside the Tower of London - where his series of 30 commissioned paintings charting the history of The Tower are permanently reproduced throughout the walkway leading from Tower Hill Station.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat. 2018
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in/ 76 x 61cm
To see The Good Mother- Marist Devotion. 2018 here on Flickr, please click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/27935723768/in/date...
Saint Marcellin Champagnat. 2018 by Stephen B. Whatley
A new Catholic tribute painting of Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840), French Founder of the Marist Brothers, by British expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley.
Marcellin Champagnat was made a Saint in 1999 and the portrait tribute was created with prayers on his Feast Day , June 6th, 2018.
The artist is a Catholic convert and his exhibition, Paintings From Prayer was staged at London's Westminster Cathedral in 2013. Stephen gets what he feels a 'Divine Push' to paint tributes of faith, amongst his other work - and was inspired to paint this tribute, looking at various historical images of Marcellin Champagnat ; after the Marist Brothers in Canada reached out earlier this year and commissioned him to paint a tribute to The Good Mother, a devotion to Our Lady, originated by Marcellin Champagnat.
The Marist Brothers are known as the Little Brothers of Mary, a community of teaching brothers dedicated to making Jesus known and loved through the education of young people; and are located in 79 countries worldwide.
They were founded in 1817 by Marcellin Champagnat in France, driven by his compassionate concern at finding a dying teenager with no knowledge of God.
Alongside his directly Catholic tributes, the work of Stephen B. Whatley is on public display every day in the City of London, just outside the Tower of London - where his series of 30 commissioned paintings charting the history of The Tower are permanently reproduced throughout the walkway leading from Tower Hill Station.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat. 2018
Oil on canvas
30 x 24in/ 76 x 61cm
To see The Good Mother- Marist Devotion. 2018 here on Flickr, please click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/27935723768/in/date...