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Henry A Payne

Also known as: Henry A Payne; primary name: Payne, Henry A
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1868-1939
Biography: Stained glass artist, watercolourist and muralist; born in Birmingham and studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art and in 1899 appointed as a member of staff; a member of the Birmingham Group; established a stained glass studio; exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy, 1899-1935 and also with the Arts and Crafts Society and Fine Arts Society; commissioned in 1902 to decorated the chapel at Madresfield Court and later a mural at the Palace of Westminster; member of the Society of Painters in Tempera and in 1920 elected member of the Royal Watercolour Society; married the botanical artist, Edith Gere. His work is held by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Cheltenham Art Gallery.