Lillian Delevoryas

25/03/2026

17/03/2026

16/03/2026

On the 31st of March there will be a talk on the life of Lillian Delevoryas and the Mary Magdalene exhibition Chester Cathedral .
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05/03/2026

From this coming Sunday the 8th of March , fourteen of Lillian Delevoryas works on Mary Magdalene will be on display at Chester Cathedral.

The exhibition will continue until the 14th of April with a talk on Lillian’s view on Mary Magdalene though her art works on the 31st of March as well as an interactive art workshop on the 1st of April .

A series of Artworks by Lillian Delevoryas

Lillian Delevoryas completed the Mary Magdalene series of artwork in the last year of her life, drawing on her 70 years as an artist. Fourteen of the original 80 artworks have been chosen for the exhibition at Chester Cathedral. They represent the essential elements of The Mary Magdalene story. Among them, we find The Alabaster Jar signifying devotion and surrender, through Kenosis or self-emptying, we discover love and humility. There is Koinonos, the promise of participation in divine life, and Pieta, faithful presence and hope amid grief. When Mary exclaimed Rabboni on seeing Jesus in the garden following the Resurrection, we find the possibility of recognition and awakening. Also, inspired by the imagery of the Song of Songs, we find that, just as Christ loves Mary Magdalene, so are we loved by Him in the same way.

19/01/2026

Welcome to “Lillian Delavoryas: A Life in Art.” Born in 1932 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts to Greek parents, she trained in art and design at Cooper Union and Pratt Institute, two of New York’s most prestigious art schools at a time when New York had become an international capital of artistic innovation, the ever changing “ism’s” of modernism! Lillian absorbed them all and brought her own unique vision to familiar scenes in still life, interiors, landscapes, figure studies, etc. The posts explore diverse examples of Lillian’s distinctive body of work, how she handled distinctive subject matter, and styles at different times using different media. We’ll also fill you in on plans to make her work (paintings and prints) available for purchase and exhibit in the near future.

Interiors:

The following paintings give a sense of Lillian’s inventive explorations dealing with a familiar subject: figures in interior spaces over a lifespan. Notice what stays the same between scenes and what’s different depending on style (realistic to abstract) space (frontal view, deep perspective), and media (oils, watercolor, IPad). Also guess who might have inspired her!