John Hutton

Who was John Hutton?

John Hutton 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, for which he received instant acclaim in 1962.

He designed and engraved six larger-than-life Angels for the West doors of Guildford Cathedral also designed three angels over the South Transept doors

He designed glass engravings at the Shakespeare Centre at Stratford-upon-Avon, UK,.

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.