#T. meinz portrait painter windows

#T. meinz portrait painter windows

This was a challenging commission for Chagall.įirstly, Chagall needed to create a modern set of windows that wouldįit in perfectly with the 700 year old Gothic building. Image by erge from Pixabay Chagall’s Stained Glass Windows in St. Marc Chagall Stained-Glass Windows in St. Unbelievably, Chagall was 91 years old when he received this commission! Chagall understood that this project would reflect both a renewed friendship between France and Germany and an important reconciliation between the Jews and Germany. Mayer understood how important and significant the message would be, if Chagall, a Jew and an internationally renowned artist, would take on this project.įinally Mayer convinced Chagall to take on this commission. Father Klaus Mayer told the New York Times that Chagall didn’t want to have anything to do with Germany after WW2. In 1973, the pastor of the church, Klaus Mayer,Ĭontacted Chagall asking if he would create stained glass-windows for hisįor a long time, Chagall refused. Convincing Chagall to Create Something For Germany After WW2 Tabernacle from around the 1500s survived. Two events, the altar table from the 13 th century and large Since then, this church has been under a continual state of restoration. In World War Two, the church again was bombed and badly damaged. In 1857 an explosion decimated theĬhurch badly. The church has gone through turbulent times. However, it’s Gothic architecture is from the rebuilding in the 1300s, which took over 45 years to complete.Īrchitecture of this church is still very much as it was in the Middle Ages,

It was founded over a thousand years ago. Located on a hill in the old city of Mainz is St. Stephan Church also called Stephanskirche Stephan Church with Chagall Windows / Photo by pilot_micha (CC BY-NC 2.0) St.