The Life of Tobias
1980 - Église Saint-Étienne de Beauvais, Beauvais
The Life of Tobias, along with two abstract infills (next page) made for the Église Saint-Étienne de Beauvais, enters into dialogue with the windows of the Le Prince family, 16th-century glassmakers from Beauvais. My intention was to rebalance the composition of lancets taken from different windows while keeping my own personal graphic style. I worked with grisaille and silver stain to reconcile the figurative elements inherited from the 16th century with contemporary figurative idioms — sometimes abstract — and to blend them into a single harmony, preserving the soft light characteristic of the Le Prince windows. Referenced in an article by Chantal Bouchon.
- Type of building
- Church
- Département
- Oise
- Location in the building
- Choir aisle
Gallery
Detail of the middle section
Photo credit: Denis Krieger
Detail of the lower section
Photo credit: Denis Krieger
Detail
Photo credit: Denis Krieger
The maquette