dalle de verre panel of a scythe

 

            Wheat and Hand Tools (detail)

Vitreous enamel with dalle de verre    in lead cames

                    Eglise St Anthony of Padua, Louiseville

     Rault Fréres, France

1957

 

 

 

 

Québec

Québec has splendid glass from the French, English, Italian, German, American and Canadian art traditions. We look forward to documenting a substantial selection of its many thousands of windows.  Meanwhile, here are a few examples ...

LOST AND FOUND: A long-missing set of panels designed for Expo 67 by the renowned Sri Lankan artist George Keyt has found a new home in a Montreal library.

 

 

Thanks to Jean-Pierre Lavoie for allowing us to preview two of his superb studies of Québec's famous churches.

                             Interactive 3-D Interior Panoramas:

                                Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel, Montréal (1771)

                               Shrine of  Saint Anne de Beaupré,  near Québec City  (1926)

                                Photos courtesy Jean-Pierre Lavoie  ©  2011