14 Facts About Harry Clarke

Henry Patrick Clarke was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator.

Harry Clarke's work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements.

Harry Clarke's stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement.

Harry Clarke was educated at the Model School in Marlborough Street, Dublin and Belvedere College, which he left in 1905.

Harry Clarke was devastated by the death of his mother in 1903 when he was only 14 years old.

Harry Clarke was then apprenticed into his father's studio and attended evening classes in the Metropolitan College of Art and Design.

Harry Clarke won the Gold Medal for stained glass at the 1911,1912, and 1913 South Kensington National Competitions.

Harry Clarke exhibited at the 1912 International Art Congress in Dresden, Germany, and the 1914 at the Louvre in Paris.

At the art school in Dublin, Harry Clarke met fellow artist and teacher, Margaret Crilley.

Harry Clarke briefly moved to London to seek work as a book illustrator.

Harry Clarke produced more than 130 windows; he and his brother Walter had taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921.

Harry Clarke's glass is distinguished by the finesse of its drawing and his use of rich colours, and innovative integration of the window leading as part of the overall design, originally inspired by an early visit to see the stained glass of the Cathedral of Chartres.

Harry Clarke's stained glass work includes many religious windows, but much secular stained glass.

Harry Clarke was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1929, and went to a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland.