As I’ve written about before, one of the great pleasures for me of stepping into a church is to see the wide variety of artistic expression through stained glass. Such is certainly the case with a quick visit to St. Augustine’s, a Gothic church in Galway completed in 1859.
Apparently during renovations in the 1970s, the original window over the main altar was replaced by a new window depicting the Resurrection. The artist is George W. Walsh.You can read a bit more about Mr. Walsh via this link. His father, with whom he apprenticed for several years, was a pupil of stained glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke.
While no one seemed to mind me meandering about with my camera, I focused mostly on that window above the altar with its many lovely parts making an incredibly beautiful whole.
The other window that caught my attention happened to be a depiction of St. Augustine himself. Later I discovered that Mr. Walsh also composed and completed that window.
It was a bit rainy that day so I did not take many exterior shots, but via this link you can view the building. On this webpage, you can read just a bit more about the history of the Augustinians in Galway and more about the construction of this particular building.
I’m glad you shared the link because the window is splendid in the white interior. I was intrigued by the ghostly white Jesus and saint until I saw them connect their flesh to the church walls. I do really dig these windows and am always interested when modern windows work so well. Like Redmond’s! The angles are not hard at all in the soft church, and the colors are bold and wonderful. I was startled in the National Shrine in DC by a very muscular picture of Jesus, and here is another. But this one more graceful and powerful than that one. Keep having a great trip.
I enjoy your church photos so much… there is much beauty and you capture it well!
Thank you! I have one more set of Galway church pictures but it will take me a while to pull them together.
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:18:35 +0000 To: cynthiastaples@hotmail.com