Norman St Clair Carter (30 June 1875 – 18 September 1963) was an Australian painter, known particularly for murals and stained-glass designs.
History
Carter was born in
Kew
Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is ...
, Melbourne and studied 1892–98 at the National Gallery School under
Albert Tucker and
Phillips Fox, and served an apprenticeship with a stained-glass maker.
He moved to Sydney in 1903, and taught at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, before joining
Sydney Technical College
The Sydney Technical College, now part of TAFE NSW, is a technical school established in 1878, that superseded the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. The college is one of Australia's oldest technical education institutions.
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in 1915 where he lectured until 1940. He was employed at Sydney University from 1922 to 1947, lecturing on architecture and history of art.
Works
* He designed the windows for the chapel at
Wesley College, Melbourne
Wesley College is a co-educational, open-entry private school in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is the only school in Victoria to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) from early childhood to Year 12.
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* He designed the four-light stained glass window of the "Warriors' Chapel", a screened-off space within St Andrew's Presbyterian Church at the corner of State Circle and Canberra Way, Forrest ACT. The chapel was a project of
Rev. John Walker, whose five sons enlisted during the Great War of 1914–1918, three losing their lives in the conflict.
References
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1875 births
1963 deaths
Australian artists
Australian stained glass artists and manufacturers