conrad pickel stained glass artist presentation may 24
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Conrad PickelThe stained glass artist’s life and vision!
Presented by Janet DeVries
Munich, Germany
Courtesy World Book Encyclopedia
Courtesy Stock Free Images
Boynton BeachLate 1950s
Visionary Designs
Pickel – Decralite Construction material
Industrial Units
Decrolite Blocks used in construction
Auto Body Shop
Gallery Fantasia
Boynton Beach Center for the Arts
“If you don’t have a cultural center
of a City It’s just an empty shell.”
1979 Image Courtesy of the Palm Beach Post Archives
“It’s the only art where the artist can’t see his
work until it’s installed.”
1981 Image Courtesy of the Palm Beach Post Archives
Largest stained glass window in Florida
“I am a fanatic.
I work day and night when I
get ambitious.”
Decralite “Glowing Bricks”
Resurrection Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery
Boynton Memorial Park
Mausoleum at Boynton Memorial Park
Mausoleum at Boynton Memorial Park
Loaned from Heaven
Loaned from Heaven
“I do so many religious things, once in a while, I have to draw a nude to
keep my mind in balance.”
“We’re in the art field, but our art, unlike most
art, is appreciated every
week by thousands of people, consciously and
unconsciously.”
Stained Glass in at least 600 churches
St. Mark Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church
Ascension Lutheran Church
Ascension Lutheran Church
“People don’t know how beautiful the world is,
they have to learn about it. It’s especially up to the artist to bring
something very important to life.”
Born -10 February 1906 Died - 14 October 1994