Fritz Faiss Foundation

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Mutter und Kinder (Mother and Children)
Woodcut, 1927 (printed 1977)
Private Collection

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Die Stadt (The City)
Woodcut, c. 1925
Private Collection

Christmas Window, 1980 (top)
Christmas Window, 1971 (bottom)
Paint on cheesecloth or bedsheets

Fritz Faiss, always with the help and encouragement of his wife Janet, annually painted a stained glass-like window and installed one in the front window of their California home from 1970-1981 at Christmastime for their neighbors’ enjoyment.

Two of those windows are installed temporarily at the Christopher Wren-designed Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury at America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College MO.

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Cronos and Aphrodite, 1954
Encaustic on board
Private Collection

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Jesus - Crown of Thorns, 1949
Reverse glass painting with gold leaf
Private Collection

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Shepherds, 1945
Charcoal and chalk on blue paper
Private Collection

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981)
Nativity, 1962-64
Encaustic on board

Fritz Faiss (German-American, 1905-1981) Christmas Window, 1971
Painted cloth
Private collection

Selected works from the current exhibition at the German-American Heritage Museum in Washington, D.C. We hope there will be more exhibitions of Fritz Faiss’ work in the future.

Don’t miss this extraordinary Fritz Faiss exhibition at the German American Heritage Museum in Washington, D.C.

https://gahmusa.org/from-the-black-forest-to-the-california-desert-the-life-and-work-of-fritz-faiss/

A Faiss Christmas Eve tradition.

Fritz Faiss Christmas Windows Fritz Faiss studied with Paul Klee at Germany's famous Bauhaus. One of Faiss' first courses with Klee was on the subject of stained glass. Faiss never forgot...