Henry Albert Payne
Born 1870 (Circa)
Died 4 July 1940
Active: 1899 - 1935
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, designer, stained glass artist, sculptor
Born at King's Heath, Birmingham. In 1901 he was sharing lodgings with the jeweller, Frederick Partridge who later went on to teach at Camberwell and work independently as an art jeweller.
Henry Payne joined the teaching staff at Birmingham School of Art in 1899. A year later he was sent on an informal course of practical instruction at the London studio of Lowndes and Drury, under the direct supervision of Christopher Whall, so that he could teach stained glass in Birmingham. By 1904, Payne had established his own premises for stained glass making in Great Western Buildings, Livery Street. He completed a number of commissions for churches including: E. S. Prior's St. Andrew’s, Roker; St Martins, Kensal Rise; St Mary's, Madresfield; and J. L. Pearson's St Alban's, Bordesley.
In 1909 he moved to Amberley, Gloucestershire where he founded the St Loe's Guild. This was modelled on the Bromsgrove Guild for which he had carried out various commissions in the early 1900s. He was succeeded at Birmingham School of Art as instructor in stained glass by his pupil Richard John Stubbington (1885-1966). Exhibited paintings and stained glass designs at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1912-35.
Works
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May
1899 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Municipal School of Art Birmingham | View on map
1899 (Presumed)
Address 197A Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Sharing lodgings with Frederick Partridge
Address St Loe's House Amberley Stroud | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1935 (Circa)
In 1911 his assistant, Henry Rushbury was also resident at this address
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
'May'
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Bromsgrove Guild
1900 (Circa) - 1909 (Circa)
Created a plaque for the Guild in 1900 and carried out several other commissions in the early 1900s. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 12 and p. 13. Goodwin and Townshend note that 'it is probable that any stained glass made by the Bromsgrove Guild before the arrival of A.J. Davies, was by Payne': see 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', p. 55.
Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1918 (Circa)
See an article entitled 'Art and Industry. Retirement of Mr. Catterson-Smith' in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, (1917-1922), pp. 169-170, in which Payne is described as teacher of the stained glass classes that were discontinued due to 'deleterious effects of war'
Teacher of painting at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1899 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Full duration of employment not known
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant was Henry George Rushbury
1911 (Circa)
Duration of this employment not known
Friends with Frederick James Partridge
1901 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art School Master' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist' working at home
Sources
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
pp. 169-170.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2815 folio 112 page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN15393 RG78PN934 RD327 SD6 ED4 SN54
The Bromsgrove Guild. An Illustrated History, 1999
1999
p. 12, p. 19 and p. 54.
Citing this record
'Henry Albert Payne', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1202911896, accessed 04 Feb 2023]
