Detail of " Our Lady's Peace " by Benno Schotz. Digital image of D 79270 CN.

Description Detail of " Our Lady's Peace " by Benno Schotz. Digital image of D 79270 CN.

Date 12/10/2000

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 713600

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 79270 CN

Scope and Content 'Our Lady's Peace' Sculpture by Benno Schotz, St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Warout Road, Glenrothes, Fife St Paul's Church was built 1956-7 to designs by the architectural firm of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. Jack Coia (1898-1981) was assisted at this time by the architects Isi Metzstein (b.1928) and Andrew McMillan (b.1928). Using a limited budget of £20,000, the church was built of painted brick with a wall of stained glass and wood. The site also includes a presbytery (priest's house). This sculpture consists of a plaster and metal figure of the Virgin Mary holding up the infant Christ, who holds an orb in one hand (a symbol of sovereignty over the world) and raises his other hand in blessing. Both figures have gilded halos. To the right can be seen a phoenix, a mythical bird who was reborn in fire, and is often used as a symbol of resurrection. The sculptor Benno Schotz (1891-1984) worked on several churches by the firm of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, using the mediums of bronze, plaster and stone. On occasion he used the architect Jack Coia and his daughter as models. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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