biography of Lawrence SAINT (1885-1961)

Birth place: Sharpsburg, PA

Addresses: Huntingdon Valley, PA

Profession: Painter, writer, lecturer, craftsperson, illustrator

Studied: PAFA, and with William Chase, Cecelia Beaux; H.R. Poore; Kendall; J.H. Rudy.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1922-23. Awards: Cresson traveling scholarship, PAFA, 1908.

Member: Royal SA, London (fellow).

Work: stained glass drawings, Victoria & Albert Mus., London; CI; NYPL; Free Library, Phila.; glass formulas drawings, Corning Mus. of Glass; CM; MMA; stained glass windows, Washington (DC) Cathedral including North Trancept Rose; five windows, Bryn Athyn Cathedral, PA; St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Willimantic, CT; window, Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, PA; window, Episcopal Church Hillsboro, NC; maker of medieval type glass-ware, White House, Wash., DC; work reproduced in 3-reel educational motion picture by MMA; murals, Church of the Open Door, Phila., PA; Kemble Park Church, Phila., PA; Bob Jones Univ., Greenville, SC; Christ Church, Bethlehem, PA; Bethel Chapel, Huntingdon Valley, PA

Comments: Illustrator, "Lawrence Saint's Stained Glass Cree," "A Knight of the Cross," 1914; "Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France," 1913 (reprinted, 4th ed.). Lectures on stained glass in museums, colleges and art societies. Contributor: trade publications; bulletins.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.