Stanley Warren

Background

He was born in England and was a talented artist from a young age.

Education

Warren was educated at Hornsey College of Artist

Career

An artist before the war Warren was employed as a commercial designer producing poster ads with the Grenada organisation. Warren was interned during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in World World War World War II His murals were completed under difficult conditions of sickness, limited materials and hardships. With a message of universal love and forgiveness, they helped to uplift the spirits of the POWs and the sick who sought refuge in the prison chapel.

His five murals on the walls of Street Luke"s Chapel depict the biblical scenes of the Nativity, the Ascension, Crucifixion, Last Supper and Saint Luke in Prison.

The murals were discovered in 1958 and a search was made to find the artist. Warren had thought that the murals had been destroyed, but was shown a photograph of one of his murals in the Daily Mirror by a colleague at school.

He was brought out to Singapore and restored the murals on several trips there.

Connections

teacher:

William Collins