Paul Quail (1928 – 31 July 2010) was a British

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 tradition ...

artist. He was elected a fellow of the

British Society of Master Glass Painters The British Society of Master Glass Painters (BSMGP), was found in 1921, it is British trade association for the art and craft of stained glass. It promotes the trade of glass painting and staining in Britain. BSMGP activities include: lectures ...

in 1973 and was a member of Christian Arts and the Society of Catholic Artists.

Career

He was born in

Langley, Buckinghamshire Langley, also known as Langley Marish, is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, South East England. It is east of the town centre of Slough, and west of Charing Cross in Central London. It was a separate civil parish until the 1930s, when the b ...

and attended Blackfriars school in

Laxton, Northamptonshire Laxton is a village in North Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire, east of Corby and approximately west of the A43 road, A43. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the parish's population was 160 people, increasing to ...

. After serving in the

Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as th ...

during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

he studied art and design at the

Chelsea School of Art Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further and higher educat ...

and went on to

Brighton College of Art Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

where he qualified as an art teacher. He then served an apprenticeship at the stained-glass studios of

Lowndes & Drury The Glass House building was a "purpose-built stained-glass studio and workshop" for stained glass artists in Fulham, London. Having gone into partnership in 1897, Mary Lowndes and Alfred Drury had The Glass House built in 1906 for use by indepe ...

Francis Spear Francis Howard Spear (22 December 1902 in South Norwood, London – 7 November 1979) was an English stained glass artist and lithographer. He produced more than 300 stained glass windows in over 130 public locations, including six cathedrals. ...

and Eddie Nuttgens. He taught the art of stained-glass at

Flatford Mill Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed watermill on the River Stour at Flatford in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. According to the date-stone the mill was built in 1733, but some of the structure may be earlier. Attached to the mill is a 17th-cen ...

and at

West Dean College West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is situated in the West Dean Estate, of West Dean near Chichester. The Estate was formerly the home of the poet and patron of the arts Edward James. He was an avid admirer of the Surrealist movement, ...

. Stained-glass windows that he designed were made using handmade glass, usually with a religious concept, and are to be found both in Britain and abroad. Quail designed the windows in the south transept of

St Margaret's Church, Hopton St Margaret's Church is the parish church of Hopton-on-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch. St Margaret is also the dedication of the former church, which was destroyed by fire in 1865. The ruins of ...

when it was converted to a Julian chapel. ''Heavenly Jerusalem'' was installed in

St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham St Thomas Aquinas Church, Ham is a Roman Catholic church on Ham Street on the western corner of Ham Common, Ham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The church is a former 19th-century school building, acquired in 1968 and converted ...

in 1990 as the sole stained-glass window.

Personal life

He was married for a second time in 1981 to the sculptor Jane Quail and they had a studio in

Gunthorpe, Norfolk Gunthorpe is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 8.6 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 14.9 miles west south west of Cromer and 122 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway stati ...

. He died on 31 July 2010, in the

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England. The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...

and is buried at

East Bergholt East Bergholt is a village in the Babergh District of Suffolk, England, just north of the Essex border. The nearest town and railway station is Manningtree, Essex. East Bergholt is north of Colchester and south of Ipswich. Schools include Eas ...

Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quail, Paul 1928 births 2010 deaths Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of the University of Brighton British Army personnel of World War II British stained glass artists and manufacturers Military personnel from Buckinghamshire People from East Bergholt People from North Norfolk (district) People from Slough Royal Tank Regiment soldiers