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Harry Clarke
(March 17, 1889-1931) was an Irish stained glass artist and book
illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a figure in the Irish Arts
and Crafts Movement and is a figure of international importance,
though not widely known about in his native country.
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In his
short working life he was a prolific artist. His skill
and visionary power in glass had few equals in the 20th
century. When not working on stained glass, Harry
copiously illustrated with intricate and unending
inventiveness in pen and ink and watercolour, probably
being at his finest when depicting fantastic or macabre
subjects. Two of his best known and most successful
works being, Hans Christian Anderson's 'Fairy Tales' and
Edgar Allen Poe's, 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'. |
Celtic
Mysticism, Symbolism, National Romanticism, Art Nouveau, all
claimed an influence in the work of Harry Clarke. He played a
major role in the Arts and Craft Movement in Ireland, as well as
the International stained glass revival. He can also be seen as
Ireland's major Symbolist artist, whether in his illustrations
or in his stained glass work. His art displayed a religious
mysticism reminiscent of medieval intensity, something rarely
found in the work of his Celtic peers.
One of his most famous commissions was in
1922, when Sister Ita Macken commissioned him to design and
install 12 stained glass windows in the convent chapel at the
Presentation Sisters' Convent on Green Street, Dingle,
Co. Kerry. For more information on Clarke
click on his thumbnail while for more information on the "Dingle
Windows" click on the window thumbnail.
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