Breaking Ground for a Landscape in Light

Elizabeth McGoey | Art Institute Chicago | 25th June 2021

In 1917, a grieving widow commissioned the “pre-eminent” Tiffany to create a memorial stained glass window. A century later the window barely rated a glance in its church setting, despite being an exceptional example of a “stained glass landscape”. It has been gleefully acquired by a Chicago museum and installed atop a grand staircase. A curator describes the piece as “Dazzling. Luminous. Monumental. Unparalleled. Transformative”. Perhaps gleeful is an understatement.