H. Gustave Hiller

British painter

Henry Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) was an artist based in Liverpool, England. He studied at the Manchester School of Art and is mainly known as a designer of painted gesso reliefs and stained glass.[1]

Works

Stained glass

An example of Hiller's work: the stained glass depicting Jesus, The Good Shepherd, in the Lady Chapel at St. Mary's West Bank. The maker's mark is in the bottom right corner.
  • Accrington Library, Accrington, Lancashire. 1908. Very large window in staircase depicting Knowledge holding a lamp etc. [2]
  • Leigh Town Hall, Leigh, Greater Manchester; Council Chamber. 1908. Personifications.[3]
  • St Sannan's Church, Llansannan, North Wales. 1910. Window on the south wall of the nave.[4]
  • St Thomas' Church, Werneth, Oldham. 1911. Baptistery; depicting cardinal virtues.[5]
  • All Saints Church, Thornton Hough, Wirral. 1912. Window in the north transept as a memorial to James Darcy Lever, brother of William Lever.[6]
  • St Michael's Church, Aigburth, Liverpool. First World War memorial in the porch.[7]
  • St Barnabas' Church, Allerton Road, Mossley Hill, Liverpool. East window - a First World War memorial.[8]
  • St Bridget's Church, Bagot Street, Wavertree, Liverpool. Baptistery - another First World War memorial.[9]
  • St Helen's Church, Sefton. 1936. A series of windows in the south chapel.[10]
  • Christ Church, Linnet Lane, Liverpool. Two windows in the south aisle, one depicting the east end of Liverpool Cathedral.[11]
  • St Oswald's Church, Bidston, Birkenhead. South aisle.[12]
  • St John the Baptist's Church, Meols. Windows in the baptistery and north aisle.[13]
  • St John's Church, Tottington, Greater Manchester. Windows in the chancel depicting cardinal virtues.[14]
  • Ceiriog Memorial Institute, Glyn Ceiriog, North Wales. Window in the gable end commemorating John Ceiriog Hughes.[15]
  • St Stephen's Church, Hutton, Cumbria. Window depicting Christ the Good Shepherd in memory of Queen Victoria.[16]
  • St. Mary's Church, West Bank, Widnes; Lady Chapel. Undated. Stained glass memorial window depicting Jesus, The Good Shepherd.

Other works

References

Citations

  1. ^ PMSA Artists' Biographies, Liverpool University Press, archived from the original on 10 June 2011, retrieved 11 October 2008
  2. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), pp. 232–233
  3. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 75
  4. ^ Hubbard (1986), p. 240
  5. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 547
  6. ^ History and Architecture, All Saints Church, Thornton Hough, retrieved 11 October 2008
  7. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 382
  8. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 440
  9. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 493
  10. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 583
  11. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 448
  12. ^ Hartwell et al. (2011), pp. 151–152
  13. ^ Hartwell et al. (2011), p. 405
  14. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 663
  15. ^ Hubbard (1986), p. 168
  16. ^ New Hutton - St Stephen's Church, Julian Thurgood, archived from the original on 20 July 2008, retrieved 11 October 2008
  17. ^ Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 326
  18. ^ Botany, National Museums Liverpool, retrieved 11 October 2008

Sources

  • Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009), Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  • Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
  • Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  • Hubbard, Edward (1986), Clwyd, The Buildings of Wales, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-071052-3
  • Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5

See also

  • Photograph of Hiller's window in All Saints Church, Thornton Hough
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