Charles Lutyens: Angels of the Heavenly Host
Title: Angels of the Heavenly Host
Artist: Charles Lutyens (1933–2021, British)
Location: St Paul’s, Bow Common (C of E)
Date: 1963–8
Representing the Angels of the Heavenly Host, this ‘smalti tessarai’ mosaic spans some 800 sq ft around the upper spandrels of one of Britain’s foremost post-war churches. St Paul’s Bow Common was the first British church to be built with a central altar and the Angels of Luytens’ design encircle the sanctuary area. See more information here and here.
Charles Lutyens trained at the Slade and St Martin’s and Central Schools of Art. Working with diverse materials such as clay, wood, stone, and mosaic, Lutyens exhibited in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Lutyens also pursued a career in art therapy. In 2011 a retrospective exhibition was held at St Paul’s, Bow Common; his 15 ft Outraged Christ was subsequently exhibited at Gloucester Cathedral and is now held in Liverpool Cathedral.
Further Information
Medium: Mosaic
Permanent display
See Charles Lutyens’ Angels of the Heavenly Host on the Ecclesiart map here.
Commissioner: The Parish of St Paul’s Bow Common & Revd Gresham Kirby
Other artworks in churches by Charles Lutyens: Outraged Christ, Liverpool Cathedral