WITRAŻE MARYJNE ALEKSANDRA P. KLECKIEGO W KOŚCIELE OUR LADY IMMACULATE & ST PHILIP NERI W UCKFIELD

The paper opens with a brief description of signicant events in the life of Alexander Paul Klecki (1927–2014) – architect, sculptor, graphic artist, and also creator of murals and stained glass windows, who came to England in 1948 and lived there until the end of his life. His diversied contribution to the material and artistic culture of Great Britain is only briey noted, while a fuller presentation is provided of three stained glass windows installed in the Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri in Uckeld, in the county of East Sussex. e description is focused on the artist’s unusual colour schemes, symbolic use of brilliant colours and geommetrisation of the human form. These are prominent in the powerful portrayal of Mary as the suvering Mother of the crucied Son of God, and as patron of all people praying for her help. e presence within Klecki’s „English” works of Polish martyrological motifs, such as deportations to Siberia and the massacre of Polish army officers at Katyn during the Second World War, is also acknowledged. These motifs were of crucial importance to Klecki’s artistic activities, and earned him the name of „Sculptor of national memory” within Polish communities in Great Britain.