H. Gustave Hiller

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

• The Vines public house, Lime Street, Liverpool. 1907. Plaster reliefs.[17]
• Liverpool Museum. Illustrations of Anglesey seaweeds.[18]

References

Citations

1. PMSA Artists' Biographies, Liverpool University Press, archived from the original on June 10, 2011, retrieved 2008-10-11
2. Pollard & Pevsner (2009), pp. 232–233 sfnp error: no target: CITEREFPollardPevsner2009 (help)
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 2008-10-11
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 2008-07-20, retrieved 2008-10-11
17. Pollard & Pevsner (2006), p. 326
18. Botany, National Museums Liverpool, retrieved 2008-10-11

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