Mark Chagall windows

Welcome to St. Stephen's Church
Mainz , Germany

MARK CHAGALL

a Russian Jewish artist, often created stained glass of juxtaposed Jewish and Christian images.He fled during the Second World War and vowed never to return to Germany.

A Monsignor in Mainz (pronounced "Minetz" with a long "i") pleaded, begged and negotiated for him to make the windows for St. Stephens Church, and he finally relented.

This is the ONLY church in Germany with Chagall windows. He fit the first of 9 windows at age 91.

His windows around the chancel and the front of the nave were so well received that he agreed to replace all the windows in St. Stephens. He died before the work was finished, but associates in his studio completed the job in his style.

People from around the world make pilgrimages here.



























It is at once angular and soft

Dark yet vibrant

Picasso remarked that"when Chagall dies, there will be no one left who understands color."

Tourists are very quiet in St. Stephens

The windows speak in loud, jarring tones

They whisper in soft nuances

All words are superfluous

We stayed, and stayed, and stayed

It is....

TRANSPORTING