Alfred Ernest Child (1875–1939) was an English stained glass artist, a lecturer in the

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and was associated with

An Túr Gloine An Túr Gloine (; Irish for "The Glass Tower") was a cooperative studio for stained glass and '' opus sectile'' artists from 1903 until 1944, based in Dublin, Ireland. History An Túr Gloine was conceived of in late 1901 and established January ...

Life and education

Alfred Ernest Child was born in London in 1875. As a young man, he left school to work in an accountant's office, working there for a year when he decided to pursue a career in the arts. He studied in the

Central School of Arts and Crafts The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and ...

having won a scholarship, and went on to study stained glass under Christopher Whall as an assistant glass painter and designer. Child was married to Annie, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. Child died of stroke in Dublin in 1939.

Artistic work

Child was invited to Dublin in September 1901 to teach in the

, forming a class in stained glass within two months. Whilst working in the School he tutored a generation of Irish stained-glass artists which included

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, Ethel Rhind, Catherine O’Brien, Michael Healy and

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. It is this influence is seen as his largest contribution to Irish stained glass art. Child became the manager of

upon its opening in 1903. Child was a member of Guild of Irish Art Workers and exhibited with the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland. Amongst the windows that he designed are those at

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Cathedral, the Honan Chapel at

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, the Unitarian Church,

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and St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road. Though his eyesight began to fail in 1937, he was associated with the studio until his death 1939.

References

External links

List of Child's work
{{DEFAULTSORT:Child, Alfred E. 1875 births 1939 deaths Artists from London English stained glass artists and manufacturers Arts and Crafts movement artists Academics of the Central School of Art and Design Artists from County Dublin