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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableIrish artist Harry Clarke, who would become a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement during his lifetime, came into contact with art at an early age through the work of his father. Clarke's father decorated church buildings and also made ornate window panes. In this way Clarke became acquainted with many art movements, but especially with Art Nouveau. His mother died when he was only 14 years old, which weighed heavily on him. At the age of 21, he won his first award for his own glass art. At art school in Dublin, he met and fell in love with Margaret Crilley, a painter a few years his senior. The two married when Clarke was 25 and eventually had three children. Margaret created several paintings depicting her husband at work.
Clarke's work as a book illustrator in London was not initially crowned with success: his first two commissions - illustrations for works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Alexander Pope - were never completed, and parts of these works were ultimately irretrievably destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising. Clarke was finally more fortunate with his illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, whose publication brought him further commissions. The production of numerous pictures for eerie stories by Edgar Allan Poe, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum," gave him further opportunity to establish himself as an artist with an inimitable style. These pictures, mostly in black and white and rich in detail, gave Clarke his final breakthrough as a book illustrator. He went on to illustrate fairy tales by Charles Perrault and even Goethe's "Faust". The 80 or so illustrations Clarke produced to illustrate the Faust tale are among his best-known works and are particularly impressive for their psychedelic atmosphere. But Clarke also remained devoted to stained glass. Together with his brother Walter, he took over his father's business in 1921 after his father died. In all, Clarke created more than 130 magnificently designed window paintings. His stained glass often features the same strong lines found in his black-and-white book illustrations.
Unfortunately, Harry Clarke's life was not to have a happy ending. Both he and his brother Walter often struggled with health problems. When he was 40 years old, Clarke was diagnosed with tuberculosis, after which he went to a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland. However, not wanting to die far from home, he eventually made the journey back to Dublin. But when death came to him, he had not yet left Switzerland. He died in Chur, where he was also buried. Clarke's family was not aware that the continued existence of the grave was only assured for a period of 15 years due to local regulations. Therefore, Clarke's remains were exhumed in 1946 and buried in a communal grave.
Irish artist Harry Clarke, who would become a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement during his lifetime, came into contact with art at an early age through the work of his father. Clarke's father decorated church buildings and also made ornate window panes. In this way Clarke became acquainted with many art movements, but especially with Art Nouveau. His mother died when he was only 14 years old, which weighed heavily on him. At the age of 21, he won his first award for his own glass art. At art school in Dublin, he met and fell in love with Margaret Crilley, a painter a few years his senior. The two married when Clarke was 25 and eventually had three children. Margaret created several paintings depicting her husband at work.
Clarke's work as a book illustrator in London was not initially crowned with success: his first two commissions - illustrations for works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Alexander Pope - were never completed, and parts of these works were ultimately irretrievably destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising. Clarke was finally more fortunate with his illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, whose publication brought him further commissions. The production of numerous pictures for eerie stories by Edgar Allan Poe, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum," gave him further opportunity to establish himself as an artist with an inimitable style. These pictures, mostly in black and white and rich in detail, gave Clarke his final breakthrough as a book illustrator. He went on to illustrate fairy tales by Charles Perrault and even Goethe's "Faust". The 80 or so illustrations Clarke produced to illustrate the Faust tale are among his best-known works and are particularly impressive for their psychedelic atmosphere. But Clarke also remained devoted to stained glass. Together with his brother Walter, he took over his father's business in 1921 after his father died. In all, Clarke created more than 130 magnificently designed window paintings. His stained glass often features the same strong lines found in his black-and-white book illustrations.
Unfortunately, Harry Clarke's life was not to have a happy ending. Both he and his brother Walter often struggled with health problems. When he was 40 years old, Clarke was diagnosed with tuberculosis, after which he went to a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland. However, not wanting to die far from home, he eventually made the journey back to Dublin. But when death came to him, he had not yet left Switzerland. He died in Chur, where he was also buried. Clarke's family was not aware that the continued existence of the grave was only assured for a period of 15 years due to local regulations. Therefore, Clarke's remains were exhumed in 1946 and buried in a communal grave.
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.jpg "The Song of the Mad Prince, c1917 by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Bert the Bigfoot, Sung by Villon Illustration by Harry Clarke from")
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.jpg "Riquet with the Tuft. From Charles Perrault")
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.jpg "Morella by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Detail from the Geneva Window showing The Dreamers by Lennox Robinson and Countess Cathleen by W.B. Yeats by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Lady Ligeia by Harry Clarke")
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_illustration_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110432).jpg "The Wild Swans, Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustration by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Shepherdess and the Chimney sweep, fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, illustration by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Tell-Tale Heart by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Garden of Paradise by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-556248).jpg "Illustration from The Little Mermaid by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Queens of Sheba, Meath and Connaught Illustration by Harry Clarke from")
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_illustrat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115171).jpg "The Emperor")
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.jpg "The Marchesa Aphrodite by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "I would call aloud upon her name. Illustration of Ligeia, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Emperor and the Nightingale, illustration for")
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.jpg "The travelling companion: Let him have his head cut off - in Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, ill. by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Marsh King")
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.jpg "Faust Illustration by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The boat appeared to be hanging, ... upon the interior surface of a funnel vast in circumference. Illustration for the story")
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.jpg "A lady looking down at a peasant, begging for money by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Detail from the Geneva Window depicting The Demi Gods by James Stephens and Juno and the Paycock by Sean OCasey by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The New One is the Most Beautiful of All, Illustration for")
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.jpg "A Man and Woman Dancing by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497389).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Columbine, c1900-1930, 1925 by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-557071).jpg "The Pit and the Pendulum by Harry Clarke")
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_20th_century_(stained_glass)_(detail_of_32286)_-_(MeisterDrucke-921854).jpg "Angel, by Harry Clarke (detail) by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Little Sea Maid. \"I know what you want,\" said the Sea Witch. by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Cinderella and Her Prince by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Thumbelina, She should be Queen of all the Flowers by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-557070).jpg "The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Avast There a Bit, I Say, and Tell Us Who the Devil Ye All Are! (From the Story")
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.jpg "The Meeting by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Queens whose finger once did stir men Illustration by Harry Clarke from")
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.jpg "The Little Match Girl by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "\"Methinks, a Million Fools in Choir are Raving and Will Never Tire\", illustration from Faust by Goethe, translated by John Anster by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Man of the Crowd by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Elf Hill. They Danced with Shawls that were Woven of Mist and Moonshine by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Wild Swans. The Whole Day They Flew Onward Through the Air by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Baron Frederick Von Metzengerstein by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Fairies: They danced with shawls which were woven of mist and moonshine: The elf-hill - in Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, ill. by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "He asked her whither she was going. Red Riding Hood meets the wolf, in a forest. by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Elf Hill by Harry Clarke")
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_illustration_by_Harr_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108039).jpg "The Stork, Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustration by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Fall of the House of Usher by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Nightingale by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Marsh King")
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.jpg "The Meeting of St. Brendan with the Unhappy Judas, stained glass window by Harry Clarke by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Half-Title of Goethe")
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.jpg "Curiosity made him put his eye to the keyhole. Illustration for the story")
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_design_for_the_Geneva_W_-_(MeisterDrucke-551746).jpg "The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge, Design for the Geneva Window by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Midst of All Was a Cold White Face by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Snow Queen by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "On the grave of the princess")
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.jpg "The Snow Queen. Kay and the Snow Queen. by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497383).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: Morella by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Hardy Tin Soldier. \"Tin Soldier!\" Said the Goblin, \"Don")
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.jpg "The Dead. \"Honour Has Come Back, as a King, to Earth\" by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "An illustration showing a ship at sea, and fish below it. by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Little thumb was as good as his word, and returned that same night with the news. A messenger flying through the night sky. Illustration for the story,")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485797).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: Silence by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "Another Gown the Colour of the Moon (Illustration for")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1502696).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: Ligeia by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Galoshes of Fortune by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "We Named Lucrezia Crivelli and Titian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485796).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: King Pest by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "She walks- the lady of my delight- a shepherdess of sheep. Illustration for The shepherdess by Alice Meynell by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "There Flashed Upward a Glow and Glare (Illustration for")
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.jpg "Star-Talk by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497384).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: The Assignation by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Snow Queen by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Butterfly. They Bloomed Today, to Fall Off Tomorrow by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "If I Had a Broomstick (Illustration for a Poem by Patrick R. Chalmers) by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Donkey by Harry Clarke")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497388).jpg "Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Geneva Window, eight panels depicting scenes from early Irish literature by Harry Clarke")
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.jpg "The Geneva Window depicting Mr Gilhooley by Liam OFlaherty and Deirdre by George Russell by Harry Clarke")
.jpg "The Geneva Window Depicting The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge, The Dreamers by Seamus O")