Howard Martin (1907-1972)

Stained glass designer. Howard Martin was born in Morriston, Swansea, and studied at Swansea School of Art, where he was invited to teach stained glass from about 1935. Having established a studio with his cousin Hubert Thomas before the war, the cousins went on to establish the successful firm Celtic Studios in Swansea in the late 1940s. Howard Martin continued to lecture at the College of Art while designing for the firm, becoming Vice-Principal in 1962.

Further reading

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010).

Maurice Broady, 'An Undervalued Welsh Art: Celtic Studios' Stained Glass 1933-1922' Minerva, vol. IV (1996), 3-13.

Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 151-8.

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	Gwroldeb Cyfiawnder Rhyddid (Bravery Fulness Freedom) artist: Howard Martin about 1945-1948 Seion Newydd, Morriston, Swansea vestibule
	Christ in Majesty with Virtues firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1950 Church of St Agnes, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel
	The Presentation in the Temple firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1951 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot south wall of south aisle
	Christ Calling Fishermen firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1951 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot north wall of the nave
	The Wedding at Cana firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1951 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot north wall of the nave
	Christ with Disciples firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1951 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot north wall of the nave
	Christ with St James and St Margaret firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin glass painter: Hubert Thomas glass painter: Bryan Tobias Evans 1952 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel
	The Baptism of Christ and Christ with Children firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1954 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot west wall of the south aisle (baptistry)
	The Mourning over the Dead Christ firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1954 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot north wall of the nave
	Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin glass painter: John Edwards 1960 Church of St Mary, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire west wall of the nave

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