William Aikman (1868–1959)

Stained glass artist. William Aikman was born in Edinburgh and was an apprentice with Ballantine and Son. He moved to London in 1892 and designed windows for James Powell & Sons, working on commissions with William Richmond and J.W. Brown. Aikman left Powell's to set up his own studio in 1913. He taught at Camberwell School of Art after the First World War. William Aikman was a founder member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1921, serving on its council. Windows by other artists were also made at his studio.

Further reading

Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), pp. 71–2.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 2.

Alan Brooks and Peter Cormack, 'The Artists of the Glass House' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xli (2017), 15.

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 210.

Arthur E. Buss, 'William Aikman' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 1 (1959-60), 364-5.

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	Christ in Majesty with Angels firm/studio: James Powell & Sons designer: William Aikman 1904 Church of St Mary, Margam, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel
	St George and St David with the Crown of Life firm/studio: William Aikman 1921 Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd south wall of the nave
	Christ with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist artist: William Aikman 1926 Church of St Peris, Nant Peris, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel
	The Risen Christ with the Symbols of the Four Evangelists artist: William Aikman 1939 Church of St Grwst, Llanrwst, Conwy north wall of north aisle

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