NOTE: we are currently adding some 1000 photos to the site. Please be patient while we complete data entry over the next several months.    (July 2010)

Canada's Heritage in Glass

Stained glass is perhaps Canada's most widespread public art:  radiant creations illuminate public buildings in virtually every city and town of this vast country.

Canadian studios began at least as early as 1856,   founded by European-trained artists in Québec and Ontario. Windows were often commissioned from  England,  France and the United States, along with a few other European countries. Collectors have acquired windows dating as far back as 1533.  

Today, artists and crafts people in every province continue the ancient tradition in styles ranging from the medieval and Victorian, to 20th century modernism, naive and folk art, and the avant-garde.

The Institute has undertaken a multi-year photographic survey of Canada's curiously overlooked treasures in glass.  Our inaugural project,  sponsored by the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, reveals  Stained Glass in Saskatchewan.

In 2010 we are adding sections on British Columbia and Manitoba. Only seven provinces to go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos ©  2010 Patrick Burns and ISGC unless otherwise indicated.

 

      

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