John Baker | |
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Born | 11 March 1916
Birmingham, U.K. |
Died | 20 December 2007 (aged 91)
Hastings, U.K. |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Central School of Art and Design |
Spouse | Hilary Stebbing |
John 'Jack' Baker (1916-2007) was a British stained-glass artist, teacher, conservator and author.
He was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s, where he was a contemporary of Monica Walker and the artist, illustrator and children's author Hilary Stebbing, whom he married in 1946. [1] He worked under James Hogan at the Whitefriars Glass before joining Samuel Caldwell junior at Canterbury Cathedral in 1948 to help reinstate the medieval glass removed for safekeeping during the Second World War. [1]
Baker taught stained glass at the Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1951, [2] where in 1953-54 he ran the stained glass department with Tom Fair, [3] and his pupils included Robert Sowers and Margaret Traherne. [4] From 1963 he taught at Kingston College of Art. [5]
His work was exhibited at The Architectural Association in January 1956. [6]
From 1960 to 1965, Baker created a number of dalle de verre windows in churches and chapels, setting slab glass in concrete or resin: Our Lady, St Mary of Walsingham, London Colney (1960); St George, Britwell (1964); Holy Cross Church, Gleadless Valley (1964); St Michaels Convent, Finchley (1965).
The small lower windows throughout the church are filled with a complete set of stained glass windows, contemporary with the church, by John Baker.
The original east window was destroyed in the Second World War and was replaced in 1946 by a colourful modern design of the Nativity by John Baker.
John Baker | |
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Born | 11 March 1916
Birmingham, U.K. |
Died | 20 December 2007 (aged 91)
Hastings, U.K. |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Central School of Art and Design |
Spouse | Hilary Stebbing |
John 'Jack' Baker (1916-2007) was a British stained-glass artist, teacher, conservator and author.
He was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s, where he was a contemporary of Monica Walker and the artist, illustrator and children's author Hilary Stebbing, whom he married in 1946. [1] He worked under James Hogan at the Whitefriars Glass before joining Samuel Caldwell junior at Canterbury Cathedral in 1948 to help reinstate the medieval glass removed for safekeeping during the Second World War. [1]
Baker taught stained glass at the Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1951, [2] where in 1953-54 he ran the stained glass department with Tom Fair, [3] and his pupils included Robert Sowers and Margaret Traherne. [4] From 1963 he taught at Kingston College of Art. [5]
His work was exhibited at The Architectural Association in January 1956. [6]
From 1960 to 1965, Baker created a number of dalle de verre windows in churches and chapels, setting slab glass in concrete or resin: Our Lady, St Mary of Walsingham, London Colney (1960); St George, Britwell (1964); Holy Cross Church, Gleadless Valley (1964); St Michaels Convent, Finchley (1965).
The small lower windows throughout the church are filled with a complete set of stained glass windows, contemporary with the church, by John Baker.
The original east window was destroyed in the Second World War and was replaced in 1946 by a colourful modern design of the Nativity by John Baker.