{{Short description|British artist (1919–2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox artist | name = Margaret Traherne | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|11|23}} | birth_place = Westcliff-on-Sea, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|06|30|1919|11|23}} | death_place = Brighton, England | birth_name = Hazel Wilkes | known_for = Stained glass windows }} thumb|A stained glass window designed by Traherne in 1978 for Chailey Church. It is located in the North Chancel.thumb|Stained glass window design by Margaret Traherne.
'''Margaret Traherne''' (23 November 1919 — 30 June 2006)<ref name=":2" /> was an Essex-born artist active in the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traherne, Margaret 1919-2006 |url=https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/1/artists/traherne-margaret |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107125035/https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/1/artists/traherne-margaret |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Artist Biographies}}</ref> She was regarded as a leading artist of her generation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Sarah |date=9 August 2006 |title=Margaret Traherne: Artist and painter, she was renowned for her stained glass windows |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |url-status=live |access-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109131033/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |archive-date=9 November 2022 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Noted for her stained glass designs, she also worked in sculpture as well as embroidered textiles and mixed media, examples of which are held in the Victoria and Albert Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sculpture: Margaret Traherne - Standing Stones |url=https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/?l=sculpture-margaret-traherne-standing-stones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226180346/https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/?l=sculpture-margaret-traherne-standing-stones |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Loughborough University Campus Map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Margaret Traherne |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Margaret%20Traherne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226181244/https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Margaret%20Traherne |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, Traherne moved with her family to Long Island, New York in 1925, aged six.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Harrod |first=Tanya |date=18 July 2006 |title=Obituaries - Margaret Traherne: Artist and designer best known for her stained glass at the new Coventry and Liverpool cathedrals |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-traherne-6095040.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109131033/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-traherne-6095040.html |archive-date=9 November 2022 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> She later attended Southend High School after returning from eight years spent in New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=25 July 2006 |title=Margaret Traherne: Versatile artist whose work ranged from paintings and embroideries to stained-glass windows for Coventry Cathedral |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/margaret-traherne-w9cmbm7wskn |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211119045258/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/margaret-traherne-w9cmbm7wskn#selection-743.0-743.114 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
== Education == Traherne attended Croydon School of Art from 1936, where she studied under Ruskin Spear. It was here that she met her future husband, David Thomas, and the pair married in 1943.<ref name=":0" /> Traherne joined the Kingston School of Art during the Second World War, before joining the Design School at the Royal College of Art in 1945.<ref name=":2" /> In 1953-54 she spent a year of experimentation at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the stained glass department run John Baker and Tom Fairs.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
== Stained glass windows == Margaret Traherne's designs for stained glass appear across England, including the examples below,
*''Fire Window'', Manchester Cathedral (1966). The window was reconstructed using glass from Germany after it was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In pictures: Manchester Cathedral |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/uk_manchester_cathedral/html/6.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107125034/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/uk_manchester_cathedral/html/6.stm |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=BBC News}}</ref> *Chapel of Reconciliation and The Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool: the Lady Chapel coloured by rose-tinted windows by Margaret Traherne |url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/metropolitan-cathedral-of-christ-the-king-liverpool-the-lady-chapel-coloured-by-rosetinted-windows-b/posterid/RIBA48711.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107124011/https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/metropolitan-cathedral-of-christ-the-king-liverpool-the-lady-chapel-coloured-by-rosetinted-windows-b/posterid/RIBA48711.html |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=RIBApix |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects}}</ref> *Bapistry windows, St Peter's Church, Nottingham (1976)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of St. Peter with St. James |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1255013?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230226195115/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1255013?section=official-list-entry |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Historic England}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nottingham St Peter - Glass - 17,18 The Baptistry Windows |url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/nottingham-st-peter/hglass.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130103019/https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/nottingham-st-peter/hglass.php |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project}}</ref> * Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cathedral of St Michael |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342941?section=official-list-entry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104200959/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342941?section=official-list-entry |archive-date=4 January 2023 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Historic England}}</ref> * North chancel window, St Peter's Church, Chailey, East Sussex (1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chailey – St Peter - 5. (North chancel, second lancet) |url=https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/chailey-st-peter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028201717/https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/chailey-st-peter/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Sussex Parish Churches |language=en-US}}</ref> * St Cuthberts, Rye Park. Traherne wrote of this design, "I found St. Cuthbert a sympathetic character and one that people today will relate to. I hope that my feeling will come through the design."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Main New Window (1996) |url=http://www.ryepark.com/ourwindow.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107125035/http://www.ryepark.com/ourwindow.html |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=St Cuthbert’s Church}}</ref> *Michelham Priory of Upper Dicker, Hailsham in Sussex features Traherne's earliest known glass design, a depiction of the ''Virgin and Child'' (1956).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virgin and Child |url=https://stainedglassmuseum.com/catshow.php?func=show&seq=0&collno=ELYGM%3A2005.2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226204113/https://stainedglassmuseum.com/catshow.php?func=show&seq=0&collno=ELYGM%3A2005.2 |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=The Stained Glass Museum}}</ref> *St Kenelm window, St Peter's, Wootton Wawen (1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wootton Wawen |url=http://www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/wootton_wawen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711154133/http://www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/wootton_wawen.html |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=7 November 2019 |website=Great English Churches |quote=The blocked western doorway. The stained glass is of 1958 by Margaret Traherne and celebrates the legend of St Kenelm.}}</ref> *St Margaret Mary Church, Park Gate, Hampshire (1966)<ref name="TS-Parkgate">{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Park Gate – St Margaret Mary |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/park-gate-st-margaret-mary/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213751/https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/park-gate-st-margaret-mary/ |archivedate=8 November 2019 |accessdate=8 November 2019 |website=Taking Stock |publisher=Catholic Trust for England and Wales and English Heritage}}</ref>
== Works in public collections == A range of works by Margaret Traherne are held in public British collections, including the following, {| class="wikitable" !Title !Year !Medium !Gallery no. !Gallery !Location |- |''[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O354201/cope-traherne-margaret/ Cope]'' |1950s |wool with appliquéd embroidery, padded, silk thread |CIRC.302-1961 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |- |''[http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O268270/fret-furnishing-fabric-traherne-margaret/ Fret]'' |1956 |jacquard-woven fabric |CIRC.680-1956 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |- |''[http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O270073/fret-furnishing-fabric-traherne-margaret/ Fret]'' |1956 |jacquard-woven fabric |CIRC.680A-1956 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |- |''[http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O270072/frer-furnishing-fabric-traherne-margaret/ Fret]'' |1956 |jacquard-woven fabric |CIRC.680B-1956 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |- |''Light Box'' |1974 |glass & acrylic plastic |AH01527/75 |Abbot Hall Art Gallery |Cumbria, England |- |''Light Box'' |1974 |glass & acrylic plastic |AH01528/75 |Abbot Hall Art Gallery |Cumbria, England |- |''Light Box'' | - |glass & perspex |L.F461.1976.0.0 |New Walk Museum & Art Gallery |Leicestershire, England |- |[http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1068549/poppy-head-on-a-blue-watercolour-traherne-margaret/ ''Poppy head on a blue ground''] |1980 |watercolour |P.15-1981 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |- |''[https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/standing-stones-257466 Standing Stones]'' |c.1959 |moulded concrete |008 |Loughborough University |Leicestershire, England |- |''[http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1068925/yellow-nude-collage-gouache-and-cut-traherne-margaret/ Yellow Nude Collage]'' |1974 |gouache & cut paper collage |P.16-1981 |Victoria and Albert Museum |London |}
== References == <references />
== External links == * {{Art UK bio}} * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-traherne-6095040.html Obituary], ''The Independent'', 18 July 2006 * [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Obituary], ''The Guardian'', 10 August 2006 {{British and Irish stained glass}} {{authority control}}
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