Henry Gustave Hiller (1864-1946)


Liverpool-based designer and manufacturer of stained glass. Henry Gustave Hiller trained at Manchester School of Art where he was taught by Walter Crane. He worked as a designer for the stained glass and decorative artist Reuben Bennett, and subsequently established his studio in Liverpool in about 1904, producing a variety of decorative crafts. Hiller retired to Anglesey in 1940.



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Signatures and maker's marks
  Signature    from    Christ the Light of the World with St Sannan and St David Signature
from Christ the Light of the World with St Sannan and St David

1910
Church of St Sannan, Llansannan, Conwy
east wall of the south nave
  Signature    from    St David and St Martin Signature
from St David and St Martin

1934
Church of All Saints, Deganwy, Conwy
north aisle
  Signature    from    Scenes from the Resurrection of Christ Signature
from Scenes from the Resurrection of Christ

1918
Church of St Marcella, Llanfarchell, Denbighshire
east wall of the south nave (window number: sI)
  Signature    from    St Gabriel and St Michael Signature
from St Gabriel and St Michael

1920
Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys
south wall of the nave


Further reading

Geraldine Reid and John Edmondson, 'Henry Gustave Hiller (1864–1946): British stained glass artist, naturalist and illustrator' Archives of Natural History, vol. 51, no. 1 (2024), 61–72.

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 236.



References

Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), p. 127.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), p. 71.





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