About
Valentine d’Ogries, born in Carynthia, Austria emigrated to the Unites States as a young man. Here he produced a large corpus of paintings, sculptures and especially stained glass windows. Though he wanted to pursue modern design he was quoted as saying – “They wanted 15th century so I gave them 15th century!”
Valentine d'Ogries 
October 11, 2013 at 5:43 pm |
Years ago the New Hope Library had a book on architectural follies that had photos of Val d’Ogries studio in the Manchester Valley
School House (now the Little Shul in New Hope). Do you have any information on this book? Thanks for your help.
October 11, 2013 at 6:16 pm |
I am sorry I do not know of that book. I would be fascinated to see it. If you ever recall the title please let us know!
January 10, 2016 at 9:33 pm |
I have two color sketches by d’Ogries of windows. These measure
6 1/2″ H x 7 1/2″ tall. One appears to be Jesus teaching in the temple — 3 panels, and the second, three panels of three saints each. I’d like to donate these to a museum — if there is interest. Can you suggest a location? Would the Michener Museum be interested — I noted they have an entry on d’Ogries on their website. Happy to send you pictures of them. Thanks– Paolo
January 10, 2016 at 10:28 pm |
I would love to see photos of them, in part for here on the blog, but also because I have never seen a fully colored sketch of his. I am sure the Michener would be interested in a donation of this sort as he was considered a “Bucks County” artist and the do have some of his drawings.
May 24, 2016 at 11:19 pm |
Te Deum window (three lancets) in Grace Church, Newark NJ: http://www.gracechurchinnewark.org/stained-glass-project.php
May 24, 2016 at 11:30 pm |
Thanks Mr Redmond – I recently read of the restoration effort at Grace Church Newark – it appears to be a spectacular window!
May 24, 2016 at 11:38 pm |
Yes, Ambly, Grace Church Newark’s Te Deum is indeed a spectacular window, a major installation, dominating the entire north transept wall. It’s so positioned that sunlight streams through it most of the day. People new to the church often stop dead in the nave when they first catch sight of it. /mr/
September 22, 2018 at 1:06 pm |
Thank you for your comments on Valentine d’Orgies and Henry Wynd Young. I am the great granddaughter of Henry Wynd Young and have just started to make a complete inventory of his work from his archive. It is really hard to get photos so appreciated those from Order of the Holy Cross. Thank you!
September 22, 2018 at 6:31 pm |
Delighted to “meet” you here. I’m a great admirer of his fine work. I hope you will share more about him as time goes on.
September 23, 2018 at 11:49 pm
Hi – nice to meet you as well. I have been scan in a lot of documents of his that my mom had in boxes and am hoping to at least put as much as possible out on the web because not much is known about him. He died in the prime of his career and was a very modest man. Thank you for your interest!