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Frederick W. Cole
Frederick W. Cole MA, RF, FMGP (1908-1998) was a British Stained glass, Stained-glass artist and designer. Career He was born in Lewisham and trained at the Camberwell College of Arts, Camberwell School of Art. He joined Morris & Co., William Morris & Co., Westminster in 1926 where he designed stained-glass for them up to the war. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy. During the war he served in the army. In 1946 after the company was re-established at Great Peter Street, London, he was invited to equip and train new staff, becoming their chief designer; the firm finally closed in 1958. He was elected a fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters. He also attended the Lambeth School of Sculpture and was awarded the Sir Edward Lutyens Medal for Sculpture in 1952. He worked for J. Wippell & Co. of Exeter until 1961, after which he ran his own studio in Fulham until 1971. References British stained glass artists and manufacturers 1908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stained Glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensional structures and sculpture. Modern vernacular usage has often extended the term "stained glass" to include domestic lead light and ''objets d'art'' created from foil glasswork exemplified in the famous lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany. As a material ''stained glass'' is glass that has been coloured by adding metallic salts during its manufacture, and usually then further decorating it in various ways. The coloured glass is crafted into ''stained glass windows'' in which small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, held together (traditionally) by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame. Painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
