Margaret Traherne

Margaret Traherne (1919–2006) was an Essex-born artist active in the twentieth century.[1] She was regarded as a leading artist of her generation.[2] Noted for her stained glass designs, she also worked in sculpture as well as embroidered textiles and mixed media, examples of which are held in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[3][4]

Margaret Traherne
Born
Hazel Wilkes

1919
Died2006
NationalityBritish
Known forStained glass windows
A stained glass window designed by Traherne in 1978 for Chailey Church. It is located in the North Chancel.
Stained glass window design by Margaret Traherne.

Early life

Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, Traherne moved with her family to Long Island, New York in 1925, aged six.[5] She later attended Southend High School after returning from eight years spent in New York.[6]

Education

Traherne attended Croydon School of Art from 1936, where she studied under Ruskin Spear. It was here that she met her future husband, David Thomas, and the pair married in 1943.[2] Traherne joined the Kingston School of Art during the Second World War, before joining the Design School at the Royal College of Art in 1945.[5]

Stained glass windows

Margaret Traherne's designs for stained glass appear across England, including the examples below,

  • Fire Window, Manchester Cathedral (1966). The window was reconstructed using glass from Germany after it was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1996.[7]
  • Chapel of Reconciliation and The Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral[8]
  • Bapistry windows, St Peter's Church, Nottingham (1976)[9][10]
  • Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral[11]
  • North chancel window, St Peter's Church, Chailey, East Sussex (1978)[12]
  • St Cuthberts, Rye Park. Traherne wrote of this design, "I found St. Cuthbert a sympathetic character and one that people today will relate to. I hope that my feeling will come through the design."[13]
  • Michelham Priory of Upper Dicker, Hailsham in Sussex features Traherne's earliest known glass design, a depiction of the Virgin and Child (1956).[14]
  • St Kenelm window, St Peter's, Wootton Wawen (1958)[15]
  • St Margaret Mary Church, Park Gate, Hampshire (1966)[16]

Works in public collections

A range of works by Margaret Traherne are held in public British collections, including the following,

Title Year Medium Gallery no. Gallery Location
Cope 1950s wool with appliquéd embroidery, padded, silk thread CIRC.302-1961 Victoria and Albert Museum London
Fret 1956 jacquard-woven fabric CIRC.680-1956 Victoria and Albert Museum London
Fret 1956 jacquard-woven fabric CIRC.680A-1956 Victoria and Albert Museum London
Fret 1956 jacquard-woven fabric CIRC.680B-1956 Victoria and Albert Museum London
Light Box 1974 glass & acrylic plastic AH01527/75 Abbot Hall Art Gallery Cumbria, England
Light Box 1974 glass & acrylic plastic AH01528/75 Abbot Hall Art Gallery Cumbria, England
Light Box - glass & perspex L.F461.1976.0.0 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Leicestershire, England
Poppy head on a blue ground 1980 watercolour P.15-1981 Victoria and Albert Museum London
Standing Stones c.1959 moulded concrete 008 Loughborough University Leicestershire, England
Yellow Nude Collage 1974 gouache & cut paper collage P.16-1981 Victoria and Albert Museum London

References
  1. "TRAHERNE Margaret 1919-2006 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  2. Brown, Sarah (2006-08-09). "Obituary: Margaret Traherne". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  3. "Loughborough University Campus Map". maps.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  4. "Cope | Traherne, Margaret | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  5. "Margaret Traherne". The Independent. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  6. June 30, 2006, November 23, 1919- (2006-07-25). "Margaret Traherne". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  7. "BBC News | In pictures | Manchester Cathedral". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  8. "Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool: the Lady Chapel coloured by rose-tinted windows by Margaret Traherne | RIBA". RIBApix. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  9. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST PETER WITH ST JAMES, City of Nottingham (1255013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  10. "Nottingham St Peter - Glass". southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  11. Historic England. "CATHEDRAL OF ST MICHAEL, Coventry (1342941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  12. "Chailey – St Peter – Sussex Parish Churches". Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  13. "Our Window". www.ryepark.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  14. "The Stained Glass Museum - Catalogue ELYGM:2005.2". stainedglassmuseum.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  15. "Wootton Wawen". www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  16. "Park Gate – St Margaret Mary". Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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