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Howard Martin (1907-1972)

Stained glass designer. Howard Martin was born in Morriston, Swansea, and studied at Swansea School of Art, where he was invited to teach stained glass from about 1935. Having established a studio with his cousin Hubert Thomas before the war, the cousins went on to establish the successful firm Celtic Studios in Swansea in the late 1940s. Howard Martin continued to lecture at the College of Art while designing for the firm, becoming Vice-Principal in 1962.

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	St Cecilia and St Francis artist: Howard Martin artist: Hubert Thomas 1939 Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Powys south wall of the nave (window number: sIII)
	Christ in Majesty with Virtues firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1950 Church of St Agnes, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel
	Christ with St James and St Margaret firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin glass painter: Hubert Thomas glass painter: Bryan Tobias Evans 1952 Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel
	St Teilo and St Margaret of Scotland firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin 1959 Church of St George, St George's, Vale of Glamorgan south wall of the south transept
	Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Howard Martin glass painter: John Edwards 1960 Church of St Mary, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire west wall of the nave

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010).

Maurice Broady, 'An Undervalued Welsh Art: Celtic Studios' Stained Glass 1933-1922' Minerva, vol. IV (1996), 3-13.

Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 151-8.