David Jones St Dominic from Ditchling
August 3rd 2024
“St Dominic”, David Jones, 1922, National Museum, Cardiff. In the years after the end of the first world war, the artist David Jones felt increasingly drawn to Catholicism and the Mass. He became a Catholic in September 1921. By then
Vincent Van Gogh’s Raising of Lazarus
July 27th 2024
“The Raising of Lazarus (After Rembrandt)”, Vincent Van Gogh, May 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. On 27th July 1890, the artist Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest. He survived the shot but the wound became infected and he
David Jones’ Tir y Blaenau.
July 20th 2024
“Tir y Blaenau”, David Jones, 1924/25, The National Library of Wales. In December 1924, David Jones spent Christmas in Wales at Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains. Eric Gill had moved into what was a former Benedictine monastery in a location
David Jones’ view of Lourdes at Kettle’s Yard
July 13th 2024
“Lourdes” David Jones, 1928, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In May of 1928, the Catholic artist, David Jones, stayed at the Monastery of Dominican Nuns in Lourdes. It is situated on high ground overlooking the Grotto from across the river and this
WINFRED NICHOLSON’S FLODIGARRY ISLAND, SKYE
July 6th 2024
“Flodigarry, Island, Skye” Winifred Nicholson, 1949, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In 1948, he artist, Winifred Nicholson, spent a fortnight on Skye with her three children. She stayed near the home of the Jacobite heroine, Flora MacDonald and loved the romantic associations.
SPIRAL OF STONES
June 29th 2024
“Spiral of Stones” Jim Ede 1958, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In about 1958 Jim Ede arranged 76 limestone pebbles in a spiral on a table in Kettle’s Yard. Kettle’s Yard is the name given to a series of interconnected cottages in
Shipwreck 2, The Wreck of the Alba” by Alfred Wallis
June 22nd 2024
“Shipwreck 2, The Wreck of the Alba” Alfred Wallis, 1938-40, Kettle’s Year, Cambridge. In January 1938 the steamship Alba, carrying coal from Wales to Civitavecchia, encountered a severe storm in the Bristol Channel. Some of the crew described the waves
DAVID JONES’ VEXILLA REGIS
June 15th 2024
“Vexilla Regis”, David Jones, 1948, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. In 1947 David Jones was admitted to Bowden House at Harrow for psychiatric care. In front of his window there was huge cedar of Lebanon, with a chestnut tree on one side
The Crucifixion at Moone
June 8th 2024
I am still focused on the 10th Century High Cross at Moone, Co. Kildare. This week I want to draw your attention to the crucifixion scene which is directly above the twelve apostles on the west side of the cross.
THE LOAVES AND FISHES AT MOONE
June 1st 2024
The 10th Century High Cross at Moone, Co. Kildare, is the finest example of what are known as scripture crosses, named after the Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnois which is referred in the Annals (1060) as Cross na
