Stained glass makes first transatlantic journey.
(14 Jun. 2025)

A large window from our collection by trailblazing artist Mary Lowndes makes its way across the Atlantic for an exhibition in the USA on women artist-activists in Britain.
'The Finding of Christ in the Temple', a stained glass panel by Mary Lowndes after the famous Pre-Raphaelite painting of the same name by William Holman-Hunt, has been carefully framed, packed and crated for a long journey to the USA.

The stained glass work, which is thought to be the only stained glass panel by Lowndes in a museum collection, is being temporarily loaned to the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, where it will be placed on display as part of a new exhibition 'A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945' organised by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Alexis Goodin, associate curator.

'A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945' celebrates twenty-five women artists working in Great Britain during Woolf’s lifetime; women who fought to establish themselves as professional artists at a time when the field was dominated by men. These artists created spaces for themselves and others- in their homes, studios, art schools, and exhibition sites - insisting their production deserved critical attention as well as appropriate compensation. Many of them gave public lectures and wrote books about navigating the profession. They served as teachers in established art schools or founded their own schools. They made being a woman artist normative at a time when women faced countless challenges to secure training, join professional art societies, and find opportunities to show in serious exhibitions.

The exhibition runs 14 June - 14 September 2025.
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