Georg Mayer-Marton mosaic in danger
Oldham Evening Chronicle, England
Rosalyn Roden
30 January 2017
Parishioners at the Holy Rosary Church, Fitton Hill, Salford Diocese, are concerned about the future of their Mayer-Marton mosaic as the church is due to be closed down.
The mosaic is an eight-metre high mosaic of Christ on the Cross, made by Georg Mayer-Marton in 1955.
See http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/101863/historic-religious-mosaic-in-danger
See also the Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/26/mosaic-church-oldham-demolition-georg-mayer-marton-postwar-artist
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