Gerald Edward Roberts Smith (1883-1959)
Stained glass designer. Born in Dorset and educated at Chester Art School. Smith was a pupil of Edward Frampton and joined A. K. Nicholson's studio in 1906, and succeeded Nicholson in 1937 on his death. He was an early member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, and Chairman from 1958-59.
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St Basil and St Nicholas firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios artist: Gerald Edward Roberts Smith about 1946 Church of the Holy Trinity, Aberaeron, Ceredigion north wall of the nave | |
Te Deum Laudamus firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios designer: Gerald Edward Roberts Smith 1954 Church of St James, Uplands, Swansea east wall of chancel | |
The Ship of the Church firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios designer: Gerald Edward Roberts Smith 1956 Church of St James, Uplands, Swansea west wall |
Further reading
H. T. Kirby and Donald Taunton, 'Obituary: Gerald Edwards Smith (1883-1959)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 1 (1959–60), 367–8.
Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 112.
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