Ethel Rhind | |
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| Born | 1 December 1877 Arrah, Bihar, India |
| Died | 6 March 1952(1952-03-06) (aged 74) Dún Laoghaire,County Dublin, Ireland |
| Alma mater | Belfast School of Art,Dublin Metropolitan School of Art |
| Known for | Stained-glass andmosaic design |
Ethel Rhind (1 December 1877 – 6 March 1952) was an Irishstained-glass andmosaic artist, who was associated withAn Túr Gloine.
Rhind was born on 1 December 1877 in Arrah, Bihar, India. Her father was Robert Hunter Rhind, a civil engineer born inEdinburgh, who was working in the Indian civil service. Her mother, Hannah Rhind (née Tate), was fromWhiteabbey,County Antrim, and was a relative of the Gore-Booth family ofLissadell House,County Sligo.
Rhind was educated atLondonderry High School, and later theBelfast School of Art where she earned an art teacher's certificate in 1900.[1] In 1902, she was awarded a scholarship to study mosaic under Miss Holloway at theDublin Metropolitan School of Art. Rhind was an early student ofAlfred E. Child, who taught stained glass craft. Her student work was exhibited at theIrish International Exhibition in 1907.[2]
She enteredSarah Purser'sAn Túr Gloine in 1907–1908 to work on stained glass andopus sectile.[3] Rhind died 6 March 1952 in a nursing home inDún Laoghaire.[1]
Some of her earliest work is in the windowHarmony and Fortitude in Lissadell church for the Gore-Booths which was created in 1907. In 1908 she won first prize at theRoyal Dublin Society for her window in the Old Court chapel,Strangford,County Down.[5] Most of her work was for Church of Ireland churches, though she also designed for thePresbyterian church, York Road,Dún Laoghaire, The Honan chapel,University College Cork, and herSt Carthage series.[6] During this time, she lived with her sister Sophia, who was a secretary with theRoyal Irish Academy, in Dublin. WhenWilhelmina Geddes left An Túr Gloine due to ill health, Rhind completed her designs. Rhind also worked closely withCatherine O'Brien.[7] From 1917, she was a member of the Guild of Craft Workers.[1]
Her work in theopus sectile medium was seen as very progressive and her most significant contribution to the reputation of An Túr Gloine.[8] Some of her most noted works in were the stations of the cross made in St Enda's church,Spiddal,County Galway (1916–28), the stations made inLoughrea cathedral (1929–33), and her 1921 war memorialArchangel Michael on the exterior wall ofAll Saints Church, Grangegorman, Dublin.[1][5] Her work incorporated stone, glass, and shell, rather than the more traditional tiny tiles or tesserae.[2]
The 1912 tapestry,Smuainteach, was designed by Rhind and woven by the Dún Emer Guild in Dundrum, which is in the collections of theNational Museum of Ireland. Her designs for both stained glass andopus sectile were featured at the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland in 1910, 1917, and 1921.[1] Two of her pieces of stained glass are in the United States, one in the Sacred Heart Convent chapel inNewton, Massachusetts, and the second inBrophy College Chapel, Arizona. Rhind retired from the studio in 1939.[1]
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