Clement Heaton
Clement John Heaton (born April 21, 1861 in Watford , Hertfordshire , † January 27, 1940 in New York ) was a British glass painter and blower , who mainly worked in Switzerland and the USA .
biography
Heaton's father of the same name was a well-known glazier and decorator and co-founder of the renowned Heaton, Butler and Bayne glass factory . He sent his son to Burlison and Grylls in London to learn the trade of glazier there too. Heaton also studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art . In 1880 he joined the family business and was part of its management from 1882 to 1886. He then settled in Boveresse in the Val de Travers to do artistic work. In 1893 he moved to Neuchâtel with his family .
Because of the termination of the contract with his father's company, Heaton had to temporarily give up his work as a glazier. For this reason he also dealt with cloisonné as well as copper, mosaic and inlay work. He also developed relief paper. His mosaics in the style of Historicism and Art Nouveau adorn the Federal Palace and the Historical Museum in Bern as well as the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel. From 1901 he turned back to glass painting, in 1908 he moved his studio to Colombier .
After a fire destroyed his studio in 1914, Heaton decided to emigrate to the USA. He first worked in New York , from 1919 in West Nyack in nearby Rockland County . As before in Switzerland, he now almost exclusively made glass paintings for church buildings.
Web links
- Nicole Quellet-Soguel: Heaton, Clement. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Nicole Quellet-Soguel: Heaton, Clement John. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heaton, Clement |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heaton, Clement John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British glass painter and blower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Watford , Hertfordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1940 |
| Place of death | new York |