# Margaret Traherne > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_Traherne > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_Traherne.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Traherne > Source revision: 1341505188 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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) was an Essex-born artist active in the twentieth century.{{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}} She was regarded as a leading artist of her generation.{{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](/source/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}} 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](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum).{{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}}{{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](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) |language=en}} == Early life == Born in [Westcliff-on-Sea](/source/Westcliff-on-Sea), Essex, Traherne moved with her family to Long Island, [New York](/source/New_York_City) in 1925, aged six.{{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](/source/The_Independent) |language=en}} She later attended Southend High School after returning from eight years spent in New York.{{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](/source/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}} == Education == Traherne attended [Croydon School of Art](/source/Croydon_School_of_Art) from 1936, where she studied under [Ruskin Spear](/source/Ruskin_Spear). It was here that she met her future husband, David Thomas, and the pair married in 1943. Traherne joined the [Kingston School of Art](/source/Kingston_School_of_Art) during the Second World War, before joining the Design School at the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) in 1945. In 1953-54 she spent a year of experimentation at the [Central School of Arts and Crafts](/source/Central_School_of_Arts_and_Crafts) in the stained glass department run [John Baker](/source/John_Baker_(stained_glass_artist)) and Tom Fairs. == Stained glass windows == Margaret Traherne's designs for stained glass appear across England, including the examples below, *''Fire Window'', [Manchester Cathedral](/source/Manchester_Cathedral) (1966). The window was reconstructed using glass from Germany after it was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1996.{{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](/source/BBC_News)}} *Chapel of Reconciliation and The Lady Chapel, [Liverpool Cathedral](/source/Liverpool_Cathedral){{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](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects)}} *Bapistry windows, [St Peter's Church](/source/St_Peter's_Church%2C_Nottingham), Nottingham (1976){{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](/source/Historic_England)}}{{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}} * Chapel of Unity, [Coventry Cathedral](/source/Coventry_Cathedral){{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](/source/Historic_England)}} * North chancel window, St Peter's Church, Chailey, East Sussex (1978){{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}} * 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."{{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}} *[Michelham Priory](/source/Michelham_Priory) of Upper Dicker, Hailsham in Sussex features Traherne's earliest known glass design, a depiction of the ''Virgin and Child'' (1956).{{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}} *St Kenelm window, St Peter's, Wootton Wawen (1958){{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.}} *St Margaret Mary Church, [Park Gate](/source/Park_Gate), Hampshire (1966){{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](/source/English_Heritage)}} == 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) |London |- |''Light Box'' |1974 |glass & acrylic plastic |AH01527/75 |[Abbot Hall Art Gallery](/source/Abbot_Hall_Art_Gallery) |[Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England |- |''Light Box'' |1974 |glass & acrylic plastic |AH01528/75 |[Abbot Hall Art Gallery](/source/Abbot_Hall_Art_Gallery) |[Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England |- |''Light Box'' | - |glass & perspex |L.F461.1976.0.0 |[New Walk Museum & Art Gallery](/source/New_Walk_Museum) |[Leicestershire](/source/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](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) |London |- |''[https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/standing-stones-257466 Standing Stones]'' |c.1959 |moulded concrete |008 |[Loughborough University](/source/Loughborough_University) |[Leicestershire](/source/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](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) |London |} == References == == External links == * {{Art UK bio}} * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/margaret-traherne-6095040.html Obituary], ''[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)'', 18 July 2006 * [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Obituary], ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'', 10 August 2006 {{British and Irish stained glass}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Traherne, Margaret}} Category:1919 births Category:2006 deaths Category:20th-century British sculptors Category:20th-century English women artists Category:English women sculptors Category:People from Westcliff-on-Sea Category:20th-century British women sculptors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Margaret Traherne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Traherne) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Traherne?action=history)). 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