El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-19

4 a memorial to Mrs. R C. Candy.
: ~ a wonderfully beautiful mosaic
Apicture Of "Christ's Charge to His
Disciples" has been given 10 the
! Church Of St. Clement by r c Candy,
and has been installed in thes church
this week. The mosaic will be dedi-
Gated at the morning service Sunday.
with appropriate ceremony.
The mosaic picture is the finest
piece OF art work that has ever been
brought to FL Paso- It is a production
OF the Tiffany studios OF New York
City, and is considered by the firm TO
be the best glass mosaic that the stu
do has yet produced The mosaic has
been on exhibition in New York City
Tor the past two months and has won
the greatest admiration from art
critics
II occupies the north arch Of the
church. back of the font. II IS in shape
similar TO a gothic window and is over
eight feet IN height and about five feet
wide Instead of the ordinary material
used in mosaic work. this design is
made entirely o. the famous Tiffany
favrille glass. which has 4 surface OF
wonderfully reflective. luminous quail
ty- The reflective qualities of the glass
enable the mosaic TO be seen to ad-
vantage from every part Of the church
building.
Before the design was made. one Of
the artists from the Tiffany studio
came here 70 study the church ana its
lighting conditions. so that the design
would be perfectly adapted to the
building The idea of the design is
M Canbys The design was made by
Louis G Tiffany and executed in the
favrille glass mosaic by Joseph Cowan
Mr. Cowan is now in FL Paso and su-
pervised the installing of the mosaic in
the wall OF the church The mosaic is
set into bronze frame OF simple. dig
nified design. At the base Of the
frame are the words. ITO Hattie Eliza
beth Parmelee Candy, 1915"
Figures in the Mosaic.
In the mosaic, Christ is depicted
speaking to a group OF three OF his
disciples. St John, St Peter and ST.
Matthew. The figure of Christ is one
Of appealing dignity. He is clad in a
white robe, rose tinted with reflected
colOrs from -. Peters ruddy hued
robe. The Masters Outstretched arm
rests on the shoulder of white bearded
St Peter, who is directly facing him. At
his side kneels the beloved disciple. St ,
John, IN robe Of greenish blue. St.
Matthew stands behind Peter His robe
IS made Of exquisite tones Of violet The
figures are placed in a garden with a
large tree at the side. Mountain
stretches are seen in the background /
ana IN the middle distance is u silvery ]
waterfall and a peaceful lake The
composition. the placing OF the figures
and the impressiOnistic way the color is
handled, make the mosaic an artistic
gem, vibrant with pure color The {.
mountain unts especially viii delight ,
the eyes of every one who knows and .
loves the southwest The effect of at 4
mosphere is wonderful
l. Interesting Process
The process by which mosaic is made 4
II an interesting one After the design
has been accepted. il is enlarged bv ,
scale to the exact size desired and
traced upon thin, oiled paper. encased
IN wooden frame. somewhat on the
order that painter arranges a canvas
upon stretchers. The paper is then
given veneer Of wax. The paper. in J
its frame. IS then placed upon large
easel somewhat resembling that used I
by a painter The process of filling in
the design on the paper is very SINH
lar TO the application of color to a
by am artist. only instead Of a !
palette OF colors. the artists in mosaic
work used the bits of cOlored favriue
glass in whatever cOlorS he desired I
These bits Of glass average SIS of an
nch in size. Many are smaller and of Z
curse some larger The bits of glass !
are applied TO the wax Of veneer on the
paper, which holds them in place. The
aging side by side of bits of pure un-
mixed color IN the mosaic design is
very similar to the modern methods of
painting, and produces in effect a vi J
,ration and a virility of color impossi- ;
lie to obtain otherwise.
When the design is completed the
frame is removed from the easel ana
aid flat A layer of the same oiled
'aper is then laid on the face Of the
Mosaic. this is vanished and another !
aver OF paper is laid upon il. The de-