Emil Weiler – Coat of Arms of Freiburg University – Stained Glass Window Design
Emil Weiler – Germany 1917
Two Gouache painting – Stained Glass Windows by Emil Weiler, dated 1917. We do not know whether these are designs for stained glass windows or depictions of existing stained glass.
An annotation on the back of the paintings reads:
Emil Weiler Glasmaler in Freiburg, gebor. 1878 in Lenzkirch im Schwartzwald, Schuler von Prof. Fritz Geiger, glassmeister. (Emil Weiler, Glass painter in Freiburg, born 1878 in Lenzkirch in the Black Forest, Student of the glass painter Fritz Geiger.
An inscription on the back of the first panting (Saint Paul holding a book) indicates that it represents the old Coat of Arms of the Freiburg University (Freiburger Universität)
An inscription on the back of the first panting (Saint Mark with a Lion) indicates that it represents a more recent version of the Coat of Arms of the Freiburg University (Freiburger Universität)
There is also a note that one of the images was published in 1917 in the catalogue of an memorial exhibition about the artist Fritz Boehle who worked in a similar style based on German traditions.
Condition: Paper lightly soiled at edges and some spotting.
Dimensions: 38 x 38 cm
Note: The works are not framed. The framed image is a mockup to help envisage a possible display.
Annotations on the back of the two paintings
