John Hutton (artist)

John Hutton (artist)

John Hutton (born 1906 in New Zealand and died 1978 in England) is most famous for his glass engravings on the Great West Screen of Coventry Cathedral, UK, known as the "Screen of Saints and Angels", 66 larger-than-life figures that took ten years of creation (e.g. the angel of annunciation, the angel of the resurrection, the angel of the measuring rod), for which he received instant acclaim in 1962.

He designed glass engravings at the Shakespeare Centre at Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, (Ophelia, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet etc.).

At Ottawa, Canada, he created glass engravings of the National Library and Archives, a total of 37 panels over three floors with main theme world literature: larger than life figures of Cervantes, Shakespeare, Molière, Tolstoy etc., also Apollo and the Nine Muses.

At the Civic Centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, he created a glass screen representing some of the great inventions of the city and also figures from local mythology with his son, Warwick Hutton.

He also created a glass screen of four mermaids at Plymouth, UK, Civic Centre, and designed three glass panel designs for the entrance hall balcony at Mercury House, London, UK.

At downtown Dallas, Texas, USA, he designed a window with a glass etching of a dove graces at the main entrance to the Chapel of Thanksgiving titled 'The Spirit of Thanksgiving'. He had said, "The dove is a symbol used throughout history to depict beauty, peace, hope and thanksgiving."

Some of his pieces of art are also exhibited at the Corning Museum of Glass, New Jersey, USA.

1975 he became first Vice President of the new found British Guild of Glass Engravers (Laurence Whistler was first President and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was its first Patron).

He was first married to the artist Helen Hutton and then to Marigold and had three sons, by his first wife: Warwick Hutton, who was an artist himself, Macaillan Hutton who is an architect, Peter Hutton who is a teacher and one daughter by his second wife Katie Hutton.

Books

*Brentnall, Margaret and Marigold Hutton. "John Hutton: Artist and Glass Engraver". Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1986. Several appendices document Hutton's work (mural paintings, glass and other media; U.S. installations include one at Corning Museum of Glass and two in Texas). Hard cover, 216 pages ISBN 0-87982-502-2

*Hutton, John. "John Hutton's Glass Engravings : Les Gravures Sur Verre De John Hutton". January 1977 ISBN 0-660-00900-5

*"John Hutton, Engraved Glass, Drawings, Paintings". Frank No: 1117, Commonwealth Institute, UK, 1969 ISBN No. Duncan No., 16 pages (Exhibition catalogue at the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London) ISBN 0-9500398-0-2

External links

* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/5/7/a7-3106-e.html Engravings of National Library at Ottawa, Canada]
* [http://www.cwhistory.com/history/html/MercHse3.html Engravings at Mercury House, London, UK]

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