Patrick Reyntiens - Stained Glass

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Stained Glass

Patrick Reyntiens

There will be a re-discovery of Reyntiens as an artist of considerable stature in his own right.

Sir Roy Strong ď ľ

The edition of panels offered here was created especially for Goldmark by Patrick Reyntiens during a great period of late flowering creativity.

Each numbered panel is unique, the hand-blown antique glass selected and painted by Patrick. Each tells a small story, a testament to an exceptional talent.

01572 821424 visit reyntiensstainedglass.com

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Patrick Reyntiens Patrick Reyntiens OBE was born in 1925 into a very different world. Best known for his collaboration with John Piper, with whom he worked for over 35 years, he is an extraordinary artist whose contribution to stained glass, as an innovator, practitioner and teacher is now being given the credit it deserves. As Sir Roy Strong puts it ‘There will be a re-discovery of Reyntiens as an artist of considerable stature in his own right’.

This edition of panels gives an insight into the rich world of Patrick’s imagination, populated with an unlikely combination of landscapes, especially those of rural Somerset, where he lives, mythological and fantastical bodies, people seen on his travels; the rich imaginings of a life well lived and a mind well read. Patrick is always drawing, usually in sketchbooks, and these panels have the vitality of images unconstrained by the demands of a patron or a specific commission.

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Oz Seriously. Oz Seriously, £695 35 x 39.5 cm

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The son of a diplomat, Patrick spent his childhood in London, Scotland, Brussels, and Devon, before going to school at Ampleforth. He studied at Edinburgh School of Art, where he met his future wife, the painter Anne Bruce, and where their life model was a young Sean Connery. Patrick and Anne, who died in 2006, had a long and fruitful marriage, with four children, and a wide extended family, including the family they formed around the innovative art school they ran at their home Burleighfield House in Buckinghamshire between 1964 and 1976. Students came from all over the world to study stained glass, printmaking and ceramics, leading glass artists Danny Lane and Ray King were students; Barry Flanagan worked in the printmaking studio and sculpture exhibitions in the garden showed William Pye and others. A generation of students remember his time as head of fine art at Central (1976-86), for the lunches he hosted for students and the likes of Peregrine Worsthorne, Brian Clarke, and

the headmaster of Eton, and for his, at that time, unfashionable, focus on craft and practice, combined with his inexhaustible enthusiasm for, and knowledge of, the history of art and architecture.

Patrick was working for Eddie Nuttgens in 1954 when Sir John Betjeman, a family friend of the Bruces, introduced him to John Piper. Commissioned by the Grocers Company to make windows for Oundle School Chapel, Piper was looking for someone to translate his designs into stained glass. Patrick made the journey to Piper’s house near Henley on his Vespa, the trial panel held between his knees.

Piper was pleased with the result, and a great partnership was born. Between them they transformed stained glass into a modern medium. In many of their greatest works, they are co-designers, most notably at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (19627), where their breathtaking windows inspired by Patrick’s reading of Dante were recorded in the Shell film ‘Crown of Glass’.

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Patrick’s own commissions include windows for the National Cathedral, Washington DC (1969), and Southwell Minster (1996). Since working with his son, John, Patrick has designed and made windows for churches all over Britain including the Henry Moore Memorial Window, Much Haddam (1995), the great South Transept at Ampleforth (2002), and Taunton (2010). In 2009, at the age of 84, Patrick collaborated with Graham Jones to produce a set of windows for St Martin’s Church in Cochem, Germany. This important commission was the inspiration for the documentary ‘From Coventry to Cochem: The Art of Patrick Reyntiens’ (2011) and the edition of panels on sale at Goldmark comes from this same period of late-flowering creativity. Each numbered panel is unique, the hand-blown antique glass selected and painted by Patrick.

Each tells a small story, a testament to an exceptional talent.

Dr Charlotte Grant writes on contemporary art and on 18th century literature and visual culture.

DISPLAYING THE PANELS

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The glass panels are best viewed when lit from behind and have been designed to be hung against a window or to stand on a window sill.

Each panel is provided with two hooks on the back to allow hanging.

To order telephone 01572 821424

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The English Landscape, £395

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23 x 34.5 cm

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Stormy Weather! £395 24 x 32 cm

What A Mountain To Climb, £395 23.5 x 33 cm

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Nice To See Ya, £495 24 x 31 cm

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The Desert Lands. Alone, Alone! £595 28 x 42.5 cm

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A Pure Cool Day, £595 32.5 x 40 cm

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It’s Easy To Know How, £595 29 x 39 cm

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Through The Desert, £395

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We’ve Seen You Now, £395 25.5 x 34.5 cm

Oh So Rested, £495 22 x 39 cm

21 x 31.5 cm

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A Beautiful Day, Let’s Go And Plunge, £495 24.5 x 34.5 cm

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The Silver Sea, £395

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24.5 x 33.5 cm

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After Autumn, £395 24.5 x 32 cm

Life In Its Variety, £395 24 x 30.5 cm

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Oh, The Scottish Islands, £395 27 x 33 cm

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Beautiful Bounty We’ll Never Forget You, £695 30 x 40.5 cm

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Smell Smell! The Perfume, £595 35 x 37 cm

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Don’t Touch It Yet! £695 30 x 37.5 cm

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Swimmin’s So Healthy! £395

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Oh! Middle Ages! £495 23 x 33.5 cm

Three Trees, £395 25.5 x 35.5 cm

20 x 35.5 cm

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Rural England, £495 24.5 x 35 cm

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Scrumpety - Dee. What A Dream For Me, £495 26.5 x 37 cm

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It’s Only Them Again! £495 21.5 x 37 cm

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Darling, It’s You, £495 25.5 x 35.5 cm

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Let’s Have Some Peace! £495 23 x 32 cm

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Perhaps We Could Go To France? £495

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25.5 x 34.5 cm

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There’s A Bird In The Trees, £495 25.5 x 33 cm

Oh! Sleepy, Sleepy! £395 21.5 x 33 cm

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Away And Away, How Free, £395 24 x 33 cm

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The Waves! The Rock Of Western Ireland, ÂŁ595 33.5 x 38 cm

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The Pilgrim’s Progress, £695 30.5 x 37 cm

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Up And Down The Trees, £395 25.5 x 33.5 cm

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Oh Boosy - Snoozy - Snoozy, £495 25.5 x 38 cm

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The Beginning Of Life, £295

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25 x 33 cm

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A Horrid Dream, £495 28 x 31 cm

A Castle Far Away, £395 20 x 35 cm

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The Clever Boys, £495 25.5 x 32 cm

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A Sudden Storm, £395

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Stags In Scotland, £495 26 x 33.5 cm

Away In The North, £495 21.5 x 29.5 cm

27 x 34.5 cm

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The Far West, £495 25.5 x 33.5 cm

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Memories Of Puglia, £395

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21.5 x 34 cm

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Swimmin’ Swimmin’ All The Time, £395 22 x 36 cm

Grape Pickin’ All The Time! £495 27 x 33.5 cm

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Big Bang Beginning! £295 25 x 29 cm

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A Really Good Meal, If Someone Doesn’t Steal It, £595 35.5 x 42 cm

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They’re There! They’re There! We’ve Found Them, £595 32.5 x 39.5 cm

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We Grow All The Time, £595 37 x 39.5 cm

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A Yorkshire Ruin, £495 23 x 32.5 cm

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A Perfect Meal For Friends, £495 23 x 34 cm

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Gee What Booze! £395

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23 x 33.5 cm

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The Land Of Freedom, £395 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Oh! What A Nasty Dream! £495 24 x 32 cm

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We're Here Quite Alone, £395 25.5 x 32.5 cm

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The Flowers Of Spring, £395

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24 x 25.5 cm

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Oh Spring, Oh Spring, £395 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Vulcan Wakes Up, £395 22.5 x 36.5 cm

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Away, Away, So Far Away, £395 27.5 x 35.5 cm

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So Far Away, So Far Away, £495 27 x 33 cm

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Lovely Grub, £495 25 x 34 cm

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The Sky, The Sky. Oh Run! Oh Run! £595 32.5 x 37.5 cm

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The Beautiful Trees, £595 30 x 37.5 cm

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It’s Called Inspiration, Darling! £695 34.5 x 37 cm

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The Birds, £395

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24.5 x 35.5 cm

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Spring Comes, £295 29.5 x 26 cm

A Dream Of The Sea, £395 25.5 x 30.5 cm

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A Vision Of The Universe, £395 22.5 x 31.5 cm

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The Trees, The Trees, £495 27.5 x 32 cm

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Flowers, £395 27 x 32.5 cm

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In The Wild, £495

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26.5 x 37 cm

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To The North, So Quickly, £495 24.5 x 29 cm

The Growth Of Trees, £395 20 x 35.5 cm

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Oh, New South Wales, £495 27 x 32.5 cm

The edition of panels offered here was created especially for Goldmark by Patrick Reyntiens during a great period of late flowering creativity. They were made at Reyntiens Glass Studio by John Reyntiens.

Each numbered panel is unique, the hand-blown antique glass selected and painted by Patrick. Each tells a small story, a testament to an exceptional talent.

A new film documentary on Reyntiens by Charles Mapleston will be available at the end of June.

A complimentary copy will be sent to all purchasers. ď ľ

To add a unique panel of Reyntiens stained glass to your collection telephone 01572 821424 visit reyntiensstainedglass.com

Patrick Reyntiens OBE born in 1925, is the world wide leader in painted stained glass. During the last twelve months he has created a suite of 75 unique hand-painted windows exclusively for the Goldmark Gallery. Each piece is numbered, dated and signed

by Reyntiens.

Goldmark Gallery Orange Street, Uppingham, Rutland LE15 9SQ 01572 821424 Monday-Saturday 9.30-5.30, Sunday 2.30-5.30 and Bank Holidays www.goldmarkart.com