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Description: | Florence Camm studied at the School of Art intermittently from 1892-1912, before leaving to concentrate on the family firm of stained glass design, T. W. Camm & Co. Whilst at the School of Art, Camm worked in all media very much in the Arts and Crafts tradition which flourished at the School. In the early 1900s she was taught stained glass design by Henry Payne and won a Silver Medal from the Government Board of Education at South Kensington for designs in stained glass. This preliminary drawing and accompanying colour scheme are for a stained glass window design based on the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32), representing the virtues of repentance and forgiveness. In the parable, a man divided his estate between his two sons, the younger of which went off and after squandering his fortune on high living, was reduced to tending a farmer's pigs. Eventually he returned home penitently and was joyfully received by his father, the scene shown here. In Camm's design, the viewer observes the scene through a window which creates the border, and the son is shown kneeling in supplication to his father who has risen from his chair to welcome him whilst the mother and daughter look on. Both works are signed and dated in the bottom right and the embossed -ESK stamp is visible towards the bottom left corner indication that the work was sent to South Kensington for examination. | Subjects: | drawing | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Florence Camm Nationality: British | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6799... | Go to resource |
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