Stations of the Cross by famed artist at Home of Compassion

The prototypes by the late John Drawbridge are the original pieces that were ultimately represented in the stained-glass windows at the Chapel of Our Lady of Compassion.

According to a post on the Sisters of Compassion Facebook page, the prototypes were stored in archives for years, but are now being revealed.

“This exhibition is the first instalment in a series of pilgrimage-themed displays to be held at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion throughout this Jubilee Year of pilgrimage, the year of Pilgrims of Hope,” the Facebook post stated.

“We warmly invite you to visit the exhibition, and to journey through the completed windows in the Chapel and Resting Place.”

Parliament’s website noted that “Drawbridge worked in fields as diverse as oil and watercolour painting, large public murals, printmaking and stained glass”.

His work is included in many international collections, including in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as in leading New Zealand galleries.

“His mural at Parliament is known as both the Drawbridge Mural and the Beehive Mural and is one of his most spectacular public artworks,” Parliament’s website stated.

“It is three-dimensional, 4.8 metres high, and circumnavigates the circular inner core of the Beehive building, running the entire length of the Banquet Hall.”

Drawbridge died in 2005.

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John Drawbridge Mural – New Zealand Parliament (NZ Parliament)