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 1910 Church of St Sannan, Llansannan, Conwy east wall of the south nave | |
Signature from St David and St Martin 1934 Church of All Saints, Deganwy, Conwy north aisle | |
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 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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