Keith New

Keith New
Born3 September 1925[1]
London
Died14 February 2012[1]
Alma materSutton and Cheam School of Art, Royal College of Art[2]
Notable workCoventry Cathedral
MovementBritish modernist in stained glass

Keith New (3 September 1925-14 February 2012) was a stained glass artist and craftsman during his early career and a well-regarded teacher and landscape painter in later life.[1][3] After studying at the Royal College of Art (RCA)[2] New returned there, heading the RCA Stained Glass Department from 1955-1958. He served as Head of Art & Design at the Central School of Art from 1957-1964. He was Head of Foundation Studies at Kingston School of Art (later Kingston Polytechnic) from 1968-1991.[1][4] In 1965 New became a Brother of the Art Workers Guild.[4]

New is considered a pioneering British modernist in the art of stained glass and is associated with major architectural projects of the 1950s and 1960s. New worked on a design team for Sir Basil Spence’s Coventry Cathedral with Lawrence Lee and Geoffrey Clarke in which he designed three nave windows for the cathedral.[5] He explored new techniques for working with leaded and painted glass, including glass appliqué using epoxy resins, and glass mosaic.[6][7][5] As a stained glass artist, he completed at least 34 executed commissions for churches, schools and public buildings, some of which are now lost.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d Glasser, Joyce; Benyon, Caroline (2012). "Obituary: Keith New 1925-2012". The Journal of Stained Glass. XXXVI: 210-212.
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  3. ^ "Keith New". The Sunday Times. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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  5. ^ a b c Coulter, Diana; Smith, Robert (2018). Keith New : British modernist in stained glass. Bristol: Sansom. ISBN 9781911408215.
  6. ^ a b Wyard, Chris. "Review: Diana Coulter IHBC 'Zen and the stained glass art of Keith New'" (PDF). British Society of Master Glass Painters. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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