16 Facts About Lawrence Saint

Lawrence Bradford Saint was an American stained glass artist.

Lawrence Saint's work is most notably featured in the Washington National Cathedral where he served as the head of the stained glass department.

Lawrence Saint was born in 1885 in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh.

Lawrence Saint's father, Joseph A Saint, was an artist, who specialized in landscape painting and silhouette cutting.

When Lawrence was a young boy, the family moved to De Haven, Pennsylvania, which was very rural in the late 19th century.

In 1905, after a three-year apprenticeship, Lawrence Saint entered the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to study painting.

The scholarship committee agreed, and Lawrence Saint went on to win the scholarship.

Lawrence Saint eventually discovered a process to make his own stained glass in his backyard studio.

Lawrence Saint created the large rose window in the northern transept, the three windows beneath it, four other windows in the north transept, and three clerestory windows above the choir on the south wall.

Lawrence Saint served for seven years as the head of the cathedral's Department of Stained Glass.

Lawrence Saint was a serious student and scholar of the techniques of these 16th and 17th century masters, and to that end when creating works in their style instead of using commercial oil paints he made his own from scratch using the same materials, pigments, formulas, and manufacturing techniques developed by Dutch masters.

Lawrence Saint was a Presbyterian who was well known for his dedication to the Christian faith.

Lawrence Saint inspired many with his outstanding faith and kindness.

Lawrence Saint used chalk drawings in connection with his preaching ministry.

Lawrence Saint's only daughter, Rachel, was a missionary to Peru and later to Ecuador where she was instrumental in reaching the Huaorani tribe with the gospel.

On June 22,1961, Lawrence Saint died of a heart attack at 76 years old.