Sheffield Roman Catholic Cathedral, South Yorkshire
Address
The Cathedral Church of St Marie, Norfolk Street, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2JBTheme
Overview
St Marie’s was completed in 1850, with the initial glass being supplied by William Wailes and John Hardman & Co. , whose west window was designed by A.W.N. Pugin.
Later additions include windows from Laver, Barraud & Westlake (with one, c.1884, to a design by JF Bentley, the architect of Westminster Cathedral), Goddard & Gibbs and Patrick Reyntiens.
Highlight
West window in the south transeptArtist, maker and date
Patrick Reyntiens, 1982Reason for highlighting
Patrick Reyntiens is an outstanding artist, who in addition to his famous collaboration with John Piper, has made much fine work on his own account. This dramatic window was created to celebrate the new Diocese of Hallam, it depicts Our Lady flanked by the Padley martyrs, Nicholas Garlick and Robert Ludlum, executed in 1588.
Artist/maker notes
Patrick Reyntiens OBE (1925-2021) studied fine art at Edinburgh College of Art. His career in stained glass began with an apprenticeship with Eddie Nuttgens and flourished when he met and collaborated with John Piper.
Together they redefined the medium in the post war era, working on the Baptistery Window, Coventry Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral as well as numerous ecclesiastical and secular commissions in Britain and USA.
He has also been an influential teacher both through the arts centre he ran at Burleighfield House, with his wife, Anne Bruce, from 1963 to 1976, and through the 10 years he spent as Head of Fine Art at the Central School of Art and Design.
Source:
Patrick Reyntiens website
From Coventry to Cochem: The Art of Patrick Reyntiens, DVD, Reyntiens Glass Studio
Patrick Reyntiens Catalogue of Stained Glass by Libby Horner (Sansom &Co, 2013)