Howard Martin (1907-1972)


Stained glass designer. Howard Martin was born in Morriston, Swansea, and studied at Swansea School of Art, where he was invited to teach stained glass from about 1935. Having established a studio with his cousin Hubert Thomas before the war, the cousins went on to establish the successful firm Celtic Studios in Swansea in the late 1940s. Howard Martin continued to lecture at the College of Art while designing for the firm, becoming Vice-Principal in 1962.



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  St Cecilia and St Francis St Cecilia and St Francis
artist: Howard Martin
artist: Hubert Thomas
1939
Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Powys
south wall of the nave (window number: sIII)
  Christ in Majesty with Virtues Christ in Majesty with Virtues
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
1950
Church of St Agnes, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
  Christ with St James and St Margaret Christ with St James and St Margaret
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
1952
Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
  St Teilo and St Margaret of Scotland St Teilo and St Margaret of Scotland
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
1959
Church of St George, St George's, Vale of Glamorgan
south wall of the south transept
  Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
1960
Church of St Mary, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire
west wall of the nave


Further reading

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010).

Maurice Broady, 'An Undervalued Welsh Art: Celtic Studios' Stained Glass 1933-1922' Minerva, vol. IV (1996), 3-13.

Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 151-8.





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