§ ALFREDO AVELLA (1924-1981) BROKEN CIRCLE GREEN-RED stained, leaded and painted glass, within stained wooden frame (58cm x 54.5cm) Footnote: Note: Alfredo Avella was born in Cava de Tirreni in Italy in 1924. He began his career as a painter, studying under Hugh Adam Crawford at the Glasgow School of Art. During this time his work was admired by J. D. Fergusson, who encouraged him to exhibit at The McLellan Galleries in 1956, alongside a number of aspiring young artists known collectively as The New Scottish Group. Years later, Avella returned to the School of Art to study stained glass, graduating in 1965. An accomplished stained-glass artist and painter, Avella exhibited widely and undertook a number of private commissions throughout his life, predominantly for churches across Edinburgh and Glasgow. He was made an associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1966 and became a full-time lecturer for the Glasgow School of Art’s stained glass and murals department from 1969-1982.