Herbert Hendrie is known for his strong simple designs with scintillating jewel-like effects.
10 Facts About Herbert Hendrie
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Herbert Hendrie trained at the Slade School of Art, London and the Royal College of Art, and as a pupil of Christopher Whitworth Whall.
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Herbert Hendrie taught at the Edinburgh College of Art for 20 years.
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Herbert Hendrie made use of the facilities of Lowndes and Drury.
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Archie Milne of Brechin Cathedral described Hendrie as "Noted in particular for small scintillating panes producing a jewel-like effect", and that "His brightly coloured works were regarded by William Wilson to be more successful than those of Douglas Strachan who tended to be extremely detailed while Hendrie kept his designs simple".
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Herbert Hendrie made the fifteen "superb" windows for Kippen church in the early 1930s.
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Herbert Hendrie made the stained glass windows for the Chapel of St Salvator at the University of St Andrews.
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Herbert Hendrie made two windows for Glasgow Cathedral, installed in 1946, and "probably the largest set of windows ever made in Scotland", the 58 feet high windows of Liverpool Cathedral.
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Herbert Hendrie is responsible for a memorial window for Grace Harriet Warrack in Martyr's Kirk, St Andrews.
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In England, Herbert Hendrie made stained glass windows for St Matthew, Blackmoor; St John the Baptist, Aldenham; Haileybury College, Hertfordshire; St Margaret, Westminster; St Nicholas, Peper Harow, Surrey; St Paul, Woldingham, Surrey; and St Andrew, Edburton.