Catherine Amelia O’Brien
| Catherine Amelia O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1881 Durra House, Spancill Hill, County Clare |
| Died | 18 July 1963 (aged 82) Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin |
| Resting place | Whitechurch graveyard, County Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Dublin Metropolitan School of Art |
| Known for | stained glass design |
Catherine Amelia O'Brien or Kitty O'Brien (19 June 1881 – 18 July 1963) was an Irish stained glass artist, a member and director of An Túr Gloine.
Catherine Amelia O'Brien was born in Durra House, Spancill Hill, County Clare on 19 June 1881. She was one of five children of Pierce O'Brien, a gentleman landowner, and Sophia Angel St John O'Brien. Her first cousin was woodcarver Sophia St John Whitty. O'Brien attended the Mercy Convent in Ennis, going on to win a scholarship to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Whilst there she studied under William Orpen, and Alfred E. Child who taught her the art of stained glass.
Amongst her first commissions was the St Ita window for St Brendan's cathedral in Loughrea in 1904, which was designed by Sarah Purser. O'Brien joined An Túr Gloine in 1906, beginning her career there by designing Angel of the Annunciation window in the Enniskillen convent chapel. For a window in the Wilson private chapel Coolcarrigan, Naas, County Kildare in 1912, O'Brien incorporated Celtic design, some drawing on the Book of Durrow. In 1914, she toured the cathedrals of Paris, Rouen, and Chartres with Purser and Wilhelmina Geddes. O'Brien designed three windows depicting St John, St Flannan, and St Munchin, for the Honan Chapel in University College Cork in 1916. Her 1923 design of the centenary memorial window in St Andrew's church, Lucan, represented the parable of the Good Shepherd. When in 1925 An Túr Gloine became a cooperative society, O'Brien became a shareholder along with Ethel Rhind, Evie Hone, and Michael Healy.
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