Edward Woore or Davie Woore was a British stained glass artist and member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters.
11 Facts About Edward Woore
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Edward Woore was a student, apprentice and collaborator with Christopher Whall, a stained glass artist and leader in the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Edward Woore was awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal and the Silver War Badge following his injury.
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Edward Woore worked with Christopher Whall, who was a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement.
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Edward Woore first won a contest for schooling with Whall, was then his apprentice between about 1906 and 1912 and later a collaborator.
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Parsons and Edward Woore helped illustrate Whall's 1905 book Stained Glass Work.
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Edward Woore had had his own studio in Hammersmith in 1918.
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In 1930 Edward Woore began working for his close friend Arnold Robinson, who took over the stained glass company of Joseph Bell and Sons in Bristol.
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Edward Woore worked for Robinson until the end of World War II.
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Edward Woore was a friend of Karl Parsons and when Parsons' health problems caused him in 1933 to return from Shalbourne to Putney, he was given work by Edward Woore.
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Edward Woore continued to work until 1958 when he retired to Wales.