WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL

Brief description: Wrestling with the Angel by Mark Angus (2012)

'Wrestling with the Angel' shows two figures wrestling with one another. The heads and shoulders of the figures are expressively painted onto a single sheet of mouthblown flashed blue Lamberts glass, with black glass paint and yellow stain. The panel is one of a number of autonomous panels Angus has produced exploring the figure in glass and paper. Mark Angus originally trained as a chartered surveyor at Bristol Polytechnic before studying architectural glass at Swansea School of Glass 1976-78. Angus has created windows for churches and cathedrals as well as for other public and private spaces. Important examples include complete schemes for Oundle School, Spinkhill Parish Church, Berkhampstead School, and Perth Baptist Church (all UK), and St. Raymund Parish Church in Breitenberg near Passau (Germany), as well as windows for the cathedrals of Durham and Guildford (UK). He lives and works in Germany.

Object type: stained glass panel

Number of objects: 1

Production date: 2012

Production period: 21st century

Designer: Mark Angus (1949 - )

Manufacturer: Angus, Mark (1949-)

Dimensions: Height: 918 mm, Width: 650 mm

Inscription: Inscribed bottom right hand corner Mark Angus 2012

Acquisition: gift 19.4.2022

Acquisition source: Angus, Mark

Accession number: ELYGM:2022.2