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Well-known artists' windows on display include Louis Comfort Tiffany and John LaFarge, as well as Chicago artists Ed Paschke and Roger Brown. The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is a permanent display of 150 stained glass windows housed in an 800-ft.-long series of galleries along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall. Open since February 2000, it is the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to stained glass windows. It showcases both secular and religious windows and is divided by artistic theme into four categories: Victorian, Prairie, Modern and Contemporary. All of the windows were designed by prominent local, national and European studios and most were originally installed in Chicago area residential, commercial and religious buildings. The windows provide unique insight into Chicago's cultural, ethnic and artistic history.
The time period they represent, 1870 to the present, was an era of intense urban revision that featured the development, decline and revitalization of neighborhoods, the development of commercial and cultural institutions, the evolution of artistic styles and the response of various ethnic groups to these changes. The religious windows reveal the national and ethnic styles of Chicago's European immigrants, while the residential windows display the history of architecture and decorative art styles.
The Smith Museum exhibit spans from the 1870s to present day. Many of the windows were originally installed in buildings in the Chicago area and showcase a variety of historic, religious and decorative scenes displayed in different styles.
Seated Woman in a Garden - by unidentified artist
Seated Woman in a Garden - by unidentified artist
(detail)
Thre
e Fl
ower
ing
Bul
bs –
by
unid
entif
ied
desi
gner
Thre
e Fl
ower
ing
Bul
bs –
by
unid
entif
ied
desi
gner
Three Flowering Bulbs – by unidentified designer
Three Iris – by Unidentified designer and fabricator
Bouquet of Purple Iris and White Passionflower
Bouquet of Purple Iris and
White Passionflower
(detail)
Cel
tic K
not –
attr
ibut
ed to
Hea
ly &
Mill
et
Man
with
Scy
the
– by
A. R
aym
ond
Kat
z
Celtic Knot – attributed to Healy & Millet (detail)
Cen
tral M
otif
of J
ewel
s an
d Fl
ower
s –
by H
ealy
& M
illet
Com
posi
tion
with
Bev
eled
Fan
s an
d La
rge
Jew
els
- by
unid
entif
ied
artis
t
Door Lights and Transom – by unidentified designer
Elaborate Floral composition with gold background – by unidentified designer
Elaborate symmetrical
composition with Leaves and Urn –
by unidentified designer
Elongated Flower in an Ornate Urn - Artist Unknown
Floral - by John La FargeAs a contemporary of Tiffany, his stained glass was said to rival that of the European churches in the Middle Ages. He was also a painter, illustrator, writer and decorator.
Floral Landing Window – by Wells Glass Co
Floral Landing Window – by Wells Glass Co
Feat
her D
esig
n D
oor L
ight
– b
y un
iden
tifie
d de
sign
er a
nd fa
bric
ator
Flor
al, c
ompo
sitio
n w
ith c
entra
l sta
r – b
y S
ebili
ng W
ells
Gla
ss C
ompa
ny
Flow
er F
illed
Orie
ntal
Nic
he –
by
unid
entif
ied
desi
gner
Flowers in double frame – by unidentified designer
American Victorian secular stained glass windows [1880-1910] were completely different from most painted European stained glass. Innovators like Louis Comfort Tiffany and John Lafarge utilized opalescent glass [the glass itself is extravagantly colored] and focused on illuminating the glass, to let the light itself paint the desired image
Gre
at R
ed S
wirl
s an
d G
reat
Blu
e S
wirl
s –
by G
eorg
e A
. Mis
ch &
Bro
s.
Gothic Revival Trefoil – by unidentified designer
Rou
nd H
eade
d W
indo
w –
by
John
La
Farg
e
Sharks Teeth – by unidentified designer and fabricator
Woman of Massachusettsfrom the Women's Building
World's Fair at Chicago 1893
Angel
Rou
nd H
eade
d W
indo
w –
by
John
La
Farg
e
Woman with Horn – by unidentified designer
Woman with Horn – by unidentified
designer
Bacchanalia - Designed by Italian painter
Raffaello Armenise
(1852-1925)
Lyric
Poe
try –
by
unid
entif
ied
desi
gner
Old King Cole window - Designed and Fabricated by Rudy Brothers Company
Flowers in a Ribbon Frame –
by Belcher Mosaic Glass Company
Jeweled Door Light with Transom
– by unidentified designer
Lili's Menagerie - by Beiler of Heidelberg
No
Fum
are,
Por
Fav
ore
- No
Sm
okin
g P
leas
e - b
y E
d P
asch
ke
Rog
er B
row
n S
ilhou
ette
Win
dow
- b
y B
otti
Stu
dio
In Honor of the Printers–Past, Present, and to Come–…The Conservators of Wisdom–The Antagonists of Error–
The Champions of Good Works–The Glorifiers of Achievement–
The Preservers of Art, The Promoters of Culture.
Fairy Tale of the Snowgirl, 1994. Designed and fabricated by Khaim Pinkhasik. Based on the Russian fairy tale told to Khaim Pinkhasik as a child
Dragon Window, 1991 Designed and fabricated by Theodore Hile (born 1950) and Robert Fronk (born 1958), Peoria, Illinois
Fairy Tale of the Bear attacking other animals – by Khaim Pinkhasik
Fairy Tale of the Bear attacking other animals – by Khaim Pinkhasik(detail)
Michael Jordan window - by Seymour Adelman
The American Flag – by Khaim Pinkhasik
Cominsky Memorial Window1925 – by F.X.Zettler Company of Munich, Germany
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