James Humphries Hogan RDI FSGT FRS (20 December 1883 – 12 January 1948) was an English

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designer with the firm of

James Powell and Sons The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were London-based English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers. As ''Whitefriars Glass'', the company existed from the 17th century, but became well ...

throughout his career, rising from apprentice to be managing director of the company. He made magnificent stained glass for many of England's cathedrals, including the 100 feet high central windows of Liverpool Cathedral.

Biography

Hogan was trained in turn at the

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, the

Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgra ...

, and the

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. In January 1898, Hogan was apprenticed to Powell & Sons at the age of fourteen. He trained under Christopher Whitworth Whall (1849-1924), as well as under Powell & Sons designers William Aikman (1868-1959) and John William Brown (1842-1928).Sussex Parish Churches: J.H. Hogan
. Retrieved 2 November 2012. Hogan won a silver medal at the

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in 1932, the same year he was elected as a Fellow. Hogan continued to work for Powell & Sons throughout his career. He worked his way up in the company, becoming Chief Designer in 1913, (succeeding William Aikman), Art Director in 1928, managing director in 1933, and finally chairman in 1946. Between 1941 and 1943, Hogan was Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers in Industry, and was elected Master of the

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in 1945. Hogan travelled throughout the United States, as primary sales agent for the firm. In the period between 1926 and 1928, he produced a ten-fold increase in the company's stained glass sales in America, effectively saving the company during difficult times. Returning from a long sales trip to the United States in late December 1947, he collapsed on 3 January 1948 and slipped into a coma. He died on 12 January 1948, without ever regaining consciousness.

Works

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral - Lady Chapel

Hogan designed windows for several cathedrals in England including

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Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...

Carlisle Cathedral Carlisle Cathedral is a grade-I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133. It is also the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle.Tim Tatton-Brown and John ...

and

Winchester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity,Historic England. "Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (1095509)". ''National Heritage List for England''. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winches ...

.Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral: My Visit with Patrick Hogan
Retrieved 2 November 2012. The finest of these are the two windows in the great central space of

Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool. It may be referred to as the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool (as recorded in the ...

,Liverpool Picturebook: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral: Stained Glass
Retrieved 2 November 2012. where he collaborated with

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, and the windows in Saint Thomas Church (New York City), which were fabricated between the World Wars. Also in Liverpool Cathedral, Hogan's glass designs were used to replace earlier Powell & Sons glass, designed by John William Brown, in the Lady Chapel. The chapel was rebuilt by Gilbert Scott to make good the damage from

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bombing in 1940. Hogan made stained glass windows for a number of churches in America, including seven memorial windows in

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on the life of Christ, and most of the windows in Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, in New York City. He also designed a set of commemorative bowls for

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of England's silver jubilee in 1935.

References

External links

* Dyll, Remi Spriggs
The Glassware of James Hogan and James Powell and Sons
Journal of Glass Studies; 2011, Vol. 53, p195 (behind paywall)
Gloine, Ireland: Windows by James Humphries Hogan

Stained Glass in Wales: James Hogan (1883-1948)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, James Humphries 1883 births 1948 deaths English stained glass artists and manufacturers Masters of the Art Worker's Guild Royal Designers for Industry