Boynton Beach Memorial Park Cemetery and Boynton Beach Mausoleum Chapel

1611 South Seacrest Blvd.
Southwest corner of Woolbright Road and Seacrest Boulevard, Boynton Beach

"Stained Glass Window" and "Loaned from Heaven" by Conrad Pickel

The public art component that the Boynton Beach Mausoleum owner Brady Osborne built many years ago is located in the mausoleum chapel of the Boynton Memorial Cemetery.

A stained glass wall was created and installed by world renowned artist Conrad Pickel.  The vision to add a stained glass wall provides a serene setting for visitors of loved ones who rest in the chapel.  The stained glass wall is 8' high x 6' wide.  On either side of the stained glass wall  are floor to ceiling 10'w x 18' high stained glass panels that accommodate individual urns.  The artwork has an estimated $100,000.00 value.  The date of creation and installation is approximately the early to mid 1970's.

A bronze statue called "Loaned from Heaven" is centered in the children's cemetery section. This statue of a child looking upward towards heaven sits on top of a granite base with a bronze plaque and is 56" tall.

In 1974 Conrad Pickel had a studio in Boynton Beach located just north of the Women's Club called the Gallery Fantasia.  The building still stands today and is privately owned.  Conrad de-signed thousands of windows for more than 800 churches throughout the country and is listed in the Guinness Book of World records for having created the largest stained glass window in the world.   He produced many stained glass windows for local churches as well. 

Conrad Pickel (1906 - 1994) learned the art of stained glass with the famed Mayer Studio in Munich, Germany. He began his own studio in 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and it quickly grew into one of the leading studios in the country. In 1956, Mr. Pickel started a branch in Vero Beach, Florida and transferred the complete operation there in 1977. Under the direction of Mr. Pickel's son, Paul, the studio continues to develop new techniques and applications for stained glass and mosaic. Information about the studio can be found at www.pickelstudio.com.

Mr. Pickel was an artist - sculptor, painter, designer - and he was always striving to find ways to make our environment a more beautiful place. His big dream was to build a stained glass art museum of giant sphere-shaped buildings. Mr. Pickel envisioned each of five spheres representing a century of our country's history. The Art in Public Places is honored to have a visionary artist's work of this caliber as part of our collection.