James Humphries Hogan
RDI
FSGT
FRS
(20 December 1883 ? 12 January 1948) was an English
stained glass
designer with the firm of
James Powell and Sons
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
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Hogan was trained in turn at the
Westminster School of Art
, the
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts
, and the
Central School of Arts and Crafts
.
[1]
In January 1898, Hogan was apprenticed to Powell & Sons at the age of fourteen.
[1]
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).
[2]
Hogan won a silver medal at the
Royal Society of Arts
in 1932, the same year he was elected as a Fellow.
[3]
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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,
[1]
and finally chairman in 1946.
[2]
Between 1941 and 1943, Hogan was Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers in Industry, and was elected Master of the
Art Workers' Guild
in 1945.
[3]
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.
[2]
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
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Hogan designed windows for several cathedrals in England including
Hereford Cathedral
,
Rochester Cathedral
,
Exeter Cathedral
,
Carlisle Cathedral
and
Winchester Cathedral
.
[1]
The finest of these are the two windows in the great central space of
Liverpool Cathedral
,
[5]
where he collaborated with
Giles Gilbert Scott
, and the windows in
Saint Thomas Church (New York City)
, which were fabricated between the World Wars.
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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
World War II
bombing in 1940.
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Hogan made stained glass windows for a number of churches in America, including seven memorial windows in
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral (Kansas City, Missouri)
on the life of Christ,
[1]
and most of the windows in Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, in New York City.
He also designed a set of commemorative bowls for
King George V
of England's silver jubilee in 1935.
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