William Montgomery - Lecture @Glaas Inc

The artist who built a glass bridge from the Victorian to the Moderne.

An informal lecture by Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM on the life and career of William Montgomery, Melbourne’s leading stained glass artist from the 1880’s to the 1920’s. Australian society weathered boom, depression, recovery and war during those 40 years and Montgomery was one of few stained glass artists to survive through them all. It was not always easy, but his hundreds of extant windows attest to his ability to adapt to changes in art, architecture, economics and religious practice, and to mentor a next generation of artists and artisans.

Note: the first few minutes describes the background of Glaas Inc and the glass courses at Melbourne Polytechnic; the actual lecture starts at 6.55