A Harry Clarke window

Over £1 million was spent in 1922 commissioning a set of Harry Clarke window in the Presentation Sisters' convent on Green Street, Dingle.

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. Image File history File links Section of a Harry Clarke window. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ...

The son of a craftsman, Joshua Clarke, Clarke the younger was exposed to art (and in particular Art Nouveau) at an early age. He went to school in Belvedere College in Dublin. By his late teens, he was studying stained glass at the Dublin Art School. While there his The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick won the gold medal for stained glass work in the 1910 Board of Education National Competition. Poster by Alfons Mucha Art Nouveau /art nuvo/, Anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ (French for new art) is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Belvedere College SJ is a Jesuit-run secondary school located in Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Completing his education in his main field, Clarke travelled to London, where he sought employment as a book illustrator. Picked up by London publisher Harrap, he started with two commissions which were never completed: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (his work on which was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Uprising) and an illustrated edition of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Casca) was a militarily unsuccessful rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ...

Difficulties with these projects made Hans Christian Andersen's Andersen's Fairy Tales his first printed work, however, in 1916. This was closely followed by an illustrations for an edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hello Steve. ...

The latter of these made his reputation as a book illustrator (this was during the golden age of gift book illustration in the first quarter of the twentieth century: Clarke's work can be compared to Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielsen, and Edmund Dulac). It was followed by editions of The Years at the Spring (Lettice D'O. Walters, ed.), of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales of Perrault, and of Goethe's Faust. The last of these is perhaps his most famous work, and prefigures the disturbing imagery of 1960s psychedelia. Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) was an influential English illustrator, and author. ... Kay Nielsen (whose first name is pronounced kigh), (1886-1957) was a Danish illustrator who was popular in the early 20th century, the Golden Age of Illustration which lasted from when Daniel Vierge and other pioneers developed printing technology to the point where drawings and paintings could be reproduced with... Illustration to The Garden of Paradise Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac 1882-1953), was a book illustrator prominent during the so called Golden Age of Illustration (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century). ... Charles Perrault, 1665 Charles Perrault (January 12, 1628 – May 16, 1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Chat bott... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ...

Clarke window in St Ultan's Church, Bohermeen in Ireland.

His final book was Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, which was published in 1928. In the meantime, he had also been working hard in stained glass, producing more than 130 windows, he and his brother having taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921. ImageMetadata File history File links Harry Clarke window in Bohermeen RC Church, Ireland. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Harry Clarke window in Bohermeen RC Church, Ireland. ... Two 20th century High Crosses in the modern graveyard in Bohermeen. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Stained glass is central to Clarke's career. His glass is distinguished by the finesse of its drawing, unusual in the medium, his use of rich colours (inspired by an early visit to see the stained glass of the cathedral of Chartres, he was especially fond of deep blues), and an innovative integration of the window leading as part of the overall design (his use of heavy lines in his black and white book illustrations is probably derived from his glass techniques). Cathedral of Chartres The Cathedral of Chartres (Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the Gothic style of architecture. ...

Clarke's stained glass work includes many religious windows but also much secular stained glass. Highlights of the former include the windows of the Honan Chapel in University College Cork, of the latter, a window illustrating John Keats' The Eve of St Agnes (now in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in Dublin) and the Geneva Window. Perhaps his most seen work was the windows of Bewley's Café on Dublin's Grafton Street. The Honan Chapel is located in Cork city, Ireland, on the grounds of University College Cork. ... University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork - or more commonly University College Cork (UCC) - is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland located in Cork City. ... John Keats John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. ... The Hugh Lane : Dublin City Gallery is an art gallery funded by Dublin City Council and located in Charlemont House in Dublin city in Ireland. ... Bewleys Limited is an old Irish tea house chain, established in 1840. ... Shoppers on Grafton Street Grafton Street (Sráid Grafton in Irish) is Dublins principal shopping street, running from St. ...

Clarke window in St Senan's Church, Kilrush,Co Clare,Ireland.

Unfortunately, ill health plagued both the Clarke brothers, and worn down by the pace of their work, and perhaps the toxic chemicals used in stained glass production, both died within a year of each other -- Harry second in early 1931, of tuberculosis while trying to recuperate in Switzerland. Image File history File links Stsenanskilrush. ... Image File history File links Stsenanskilrush. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Ennis Code: CE Area: 3,147 km² Population (2006) 110,800 Website: www. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

Clarke's work was influenced by both the passing Art Nouveau and coming Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement. Poster by Alfons Mucha Art Nouveau /art nuvo/, Anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvÉ™u/ (French for new art) is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Asheville City Hall. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Images of Clarke's Work

• St Wilfrid and St John Berchmans with The Presentation to our Lady of St Elisabeth in the Temple
• Harry Clarke's windows in Bewleys Cafe The View TV program
• Harry Clarke windows, by Paul Clarke

1. Harry Clarke - Darkness in Light See a clip of this film about Harry Clarke here: https://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=225
2. [camel@ireland.com] Contact for Region 2 DVD (North America see above link)

See also

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References

• Nicola Gordon Bowe. 1994. The Life and Work of Harry Clarke (Irish Academic Press)

Martin Moore Steenson. 2003. A Bibliographical Checklist of the Work of Harry Clarke (Books & Things)

External links

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• Harry Clarke's family tree

1. Harry Clarke - Darkness in Light See a clip of this film about Harry Clarke here: https://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=225
2. [camel@ireland.com] Contact for Region 2 DVD (North America see above link)

• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: Fairy Tale Illustrations of Harry Clarke
• Children's Book Illustrators Gallery - Illustrations of Harry Clarke