Sister Wendy Beckett (1930–2018)
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Wendy Mary Beckett was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 25, 1930. At the age of 16, she joined the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a teaching order, as Sister Michael of St. Peter. She became Sister Wendy after Vatican reforms relaxed formalities. She studied literature at Oxford vis mere University in the early 1950s. After returning to South Africa, she taught for 15 years at a Cape Town convent and later lectured at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand. After suffering three grand mal seizures and learning that she had a form of epilepsy, she received Vatican consent to give up teaching for a life of solitude. In 1970, she returned to England and moved into the trailer at the Carmelite Monastery. She wrote approximately 25 books art and religion including Contemporary Women Artists and Sister Wendy on Prayer. In 1991, a BBC producer persuaded her to do a documentary about Britain's National Gallery, talking about its paintings. She went on to star in several more BBC documentaries including Sister Wendy's Odyssey, Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, and Sister Wendy's Story of Painting. She assigned all her earnings to the Carmelite order that sheltered her. She died on December 26, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Sister Wendy Beckett
Joy Lasts: On the Spiritual in Art (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (2006) 25 eksemplarer
Pains of Glass: The Story of the Passion from King's College Chapel, Cambridge (1995) 20 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection: Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass (2002) 18 eksemplarer
The Art of Holy Week and Easter: Meditations on the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus (2021) 16 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon 2 eksemplarer
Chid's Book of Prayer in Art 1 eksemplar
Le livre d'or des valeurs 1 eksemplar
Historia del arte 1 eksemplar
Meditations on Peace 1 eksemplar
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting - Early Art 1 eksemplar
Odyssey 1 eksemplar
Sister Wendy's American Collection: The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Texas [videorecording] 1 eksemplar
Sister Wendy's American Collection: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art [videorecording] 1 eksemplar
Jesus 2000 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Sermons on the final verses of the Song of Songs (1982) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver; Oversætter — 11 eksemplarer
Sermons on the Final Verses of the Songs of Songs: Sermons 83-100 (Cistercian Fathers Series) (1984) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver — 5 eksemplarer
Sky-blue Is the Sapphire Crimson the Rose: Stillpoint of Desire in John of Forde (Cistercian Fathers Series) (2006) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver — 4 eksemplarer
Sermons on the Final Verses of the Song of Songs Sermons 47-61 No. 44 (Cistercian Fathers Series) (1983) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver — 4 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Beckett, Sister Wendy
- Juridisk navn
- Beckett, Wendy Mary
- Andre navne
- Sister Michael of St. Peter
- Fødselsdato
- 1930-02-25
- Dødsdag
- 2018-12-26
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- South Africa
- Fødested
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dødssted
- East Harling, Norfolk, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Quidenham, Norfolk, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cape Town, South Africa - Uddannelse
- St Anne's College, University of Oxford (BA|1954)
Notre Dame College of Education (Dipl|1954) - Erhverv
- nun
art historian
teacher - Organisationer
- Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Roman Catholic Church
University of Witwatersrand
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