Roger Darricarrere pioneered dalle de verre glass techniques and brought them to America from France after WWII. Darricarrere graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and served as a spy in the French Underground during World War II. In addition to glass work, Darricarrere also created painting, sculpture, and metal castings. He passed away in 1984.
"Jesus Christ, Light of the World," is a stained glass window at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Granada Hills, California. The window is 42 feet long and 10 1/2 feet high.
ReplyDeleteThe window is by artist Roger Darricarrere and was sponsored by the Protestant Council of New York for the Protestant and Orthodox Center at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
After the Fair, in 1966, St. Stephen's acquired the window for it's then new sanctuary where the window remains today.
I have acquired a painting of a stained glass window signed Roger Darricarrere but can find no reference or image of any paintings he created. Did he in fact paint as well? And did his paintings tend to be of windows also?
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