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CLARKE, HARRY *
- Born: 1889 Died: 1931
Stained-glass and graphic artist, of Dublin.(1) Harry Clarke was born in North Frederick Street, Dublin, on 17 March 1889, the younger son of JOSHUA CLARKE . He was educated at Belvedere College until the death of his mother in 1914, when he joined his father in the family ecclesiastical decoration business. According to Harry Allberry's obituary of THOMAS FRANCIS MCNAMARA in the Irish Builder, Clarke became McNamara's pupil but was advised by him to give up architecture for art.(2) Clarke studied stained glass in at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin under ALFRED ERNEST CHILD from 1910-1913, and travelled in France in 1914. On the death of his father in 1921 he and his elder brother Walter took over the management of the family business. The demands of running the business and his own intense creative productivity appear to have taken their toll on Clarke's health. In 1925 he suffered a severe eye-infection and headaches, then in January 1926 he was nearly killed in a bicycling accident. In the later 1920s the business was divided, with Walter Clarke taking over the decorative side and Harry the stained-glass side.(3) In July 1930, Walter Clarke died at the age of forty-three.(4) Harry had meanwhile contracted tuberculosis, and on 2 January 1931 he died at Coire in Switzerland on his way home from Davos. He was survived by his wife, the painter Margaret Crilley, whom he had married in 1914, and three children: Ann, Michael, and David.(5) The business continued as Harry Clarke Studios.
A large collection of Clarke material, comprising some six hundred items, is in the National Library of Ireland.
Address: 33 North Frederick Street, 1889 - until death.
For his works in Ireland see WORKS; see also BIBLIOGRAPHY.
References
(1) For a full account of Clarke and his work see Nicola Gordon Bowe, The Life and Work of Harry Clarke (Irish Academic Press, 1989).
(2) IB 89, 11 Jan 1947, 10.
(3) IB 72, 2 Aug 1930, 688.
(4) See note 3, above.
(5) Information from Ann Simmons (Clarke's granddaughter).
54 work entries listed in chronological order for CLARKE, HARRY *
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Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CASTLEBLAYNEY, LAUREL HILL, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1910p |
Nature: | Lancet window with image of Christ in chapel apse. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 233. |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1915-1917 |
Nature: | Stained glass windows:Patrick (3 light), Finbarr, Ita, Albert, Gobnait, Brendan, Declan, Joseph, BVM. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 40 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CASTLETOWNSEND, CHURCH OF ST BARRAHANE (CI, CASTLEHAVEN PARISH) |
Date: | 1918,1921,1926 |
Nature: | 3 stained-glass windows: Nativity; St Louis of France; St Luke |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 38 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH ROAD (CLONTARF), PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | War memorial window (4 lights) |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 47 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, KILLINEY, KILLINEY HILL ROAD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window: The Angel of Hope & Peace |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 52 |
Building: | CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC) |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | 2-light window: BVM & Child |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 78 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY OF THE ANGELS (RC, CAPUCHIN) |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Stained glass window 'for Church St, Dublin' exh. RHA. |
Refs: | RHA 1919, no. 299 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH (PHIBSBOROUGH), CHURCH OF ST PETER (RC) |
Date: | 1919;1924 |
Nature: | 3-light window in Sacred Heart Chapel (Adoration of the Sacred Heart), 1919. 4 twin-light windows in mortuary chapel, 1924. |
Refs: |
Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 48; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 278, Pl.87. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TERENURE ROAD EAST, ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1920;1922;1923 |
Nature: | 3 stained-glass windows: Crucifixion; Annunciation; Coronation of BVM |
Refs: | RHA 1919, no. 301; Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 53 |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, HARRISTOWN (KILCULLEN), CHURCH (CI, CARNALWAY PARISH) |
Date: | 1921 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window: St Hubert |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 59 |
Building: | CO. WEXFORD, GOREY, CHRIST CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1922;1923 |
Nature: | 2 windows in N transept St Stephen (SS Luke & Martin of Tours; St Stephen). |
Refs: |
Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 78; Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2894/ (last visited, Dec 2016). |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BALBRIGGAN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC) |
Date: | 1923-24 |
Nature: | Stained glass windows: the Widow's Son; Visitation. Cost: £116. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 47; J. Walsh, Church of SS Peter and Paul, Balbriggan (Dublin, 1992), 13-18 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, LUSK, CHURCH OF ST MACCULLINS (RC) |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | 9 decorative chancel windows with floral ornament |
Refs: | RHA 1925, nos. 284,285; Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 48 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, STILLORGAN ROAD (DONNYBROOK), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC) |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Stained glass windows: SS Rita & Bernard (2 outer lights of 3-lightt window |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 51. |
Building: | CO. KERRY, DINGLE, PRESENTATION CONVENT |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | 6 stained-glass windows in chapel. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 58 |
Building: | CO. TIPPERARY, CLOUGHJORDAN, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC) |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | 5-light window: Ascension with saints |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 74 |
Building: | CO. WICKLOW, KILBRIDE (ARKLOW), CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (CI, KILBRIDE ARKLOW PARISH) |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | 3-light window (Resurrection) and abstract window over door in N transept |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 79 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, SCOTSHOUSE, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC) |
Date: | 1924p |
Nature: | E window (Viirgin, S. Joachim, St Anna). |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 529. |
Building: | CO. MAYO, BALLINROBE, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | 8 stained-glass windows |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne,Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 67 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, BALLINASLOE, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (RC) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window: St Patrick & St Rose of Lima |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 56 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | 2 windows in nave depicting (on left) Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St Sebastian and St Hubert and (on right) Christ Crucified & St Francis. |
Refs: | Information from Rev. Padraig McCarthy, St John's church, 2008 |
Building: | CO. TIPPERARY, BALLYLOOBY, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | 2 2-light windows: Beheading of St John Baptist; St Bernadette |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 74 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RAHENY, BELCAMP HALL, NOVITIATE OF OBLATE FATHERS |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | 6 stained-glass windows in chapel |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 48 |
Building: | CO. MAYO, HOLLYMOUNT, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window: Ascension |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 68 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DONABATE, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Stained glass window (2 lights), 'suffer little children' |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 47 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TULLYCROSS (RENVYLE), CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window: St Bernard & St Barbara with Christ |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 57 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, ST MARY'S DOMINICAN CONVENT |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Rose window in chapel.(But Martin O'Callaghan, Principal of St Mary's College, says there is no rose window in chapel, but that two windows in side wall were said by nuns to be by HC.) |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 31 |
Building: | CO. CLARE, KILLALOE, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | 2-light stained glass window: Presentation, Annunciation and Flight into Egypt |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 37 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SANDFORD ROAD (RANELAGH), CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | 2-light stained-glass window (SS Peter & Paul) |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 52 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, RATHFARNHAM CASTLE |
Date: | 1927-28 |
Nature: | 6 stained-glass windows, now in Tullamore RC church |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 71 |
Building: | CO. OFFALY, TULLAMORE, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC) |
Date: | 1927-8 |
Nature: | 6 stained-glass windows formerly at Rathfarnham Castle |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, CASTLEKNOCK, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (CI) |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | 3-light window: SS. Hubert, Luke & George |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 47 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FRANCIS STREET, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS OF MYRA (RC) |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Stained-glass window (Marriage of the Virgin) in Nuptial Chapel. |
Refs: |
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 633. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 078-79 (BEWLEY'S) |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Glass in 4 windows in rear wall of ground floor depicting Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite orders. |
Refs: |
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 522. |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CARRICKMACROSS, O'NEILL STREET, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC) |
Date: | 1928ca |
Nature: | Stained-glass windows: SS Ceara, Macartan & Tigernach; Fanchea & Enda; Dymphna. For Rev. Patrick Keown, PP. (Mulligan gives some of these to Joshua Clarke.) Crucifixion & Entombment in S aisle from Studios of Harry Clarke, 1928ca. |
Refs: |
Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 70; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 218, Pl.92.. |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | 10 decorative clerestory windows |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 42 |
Building: | CO. MEATH, TRIM, ST LOMAN'S STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST PATRICK (CI) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | 3-light window (Ascension), now in storage |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 69 |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, LOUGH DERG, ST PATRICK'S PURGATORY, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | 14 single lights: Stations of the Cross |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 70 |
Building: | CO. OFFALY, BALLYCUMBER, CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | 2-light window: Music & Literature |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 71 |
Building: | CO. KERRY, OAKPARK HOUSE (TRALEE) |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | 5 windows in chapel sanctuary.(Moved c 1974(? )to Glenflesk, Killarney). |
Refs: | Bernadette Walsh, A History of Collis-Sandes House (Tony Walsh: Castleisland, 1997), 25 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LEESON STREET LOWER, NO. 017-18 (SACRED HEART CONVENT DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES) |
Date: | 1934a |
Nature: | Stained glass windows, moved in 1993 to Cavan Cathedral. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 249. |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CORDUFF, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (RC) |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | Stained glass window in s transept by Harry Clarke Studios. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 296. |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CARRICKMACROSS, CHURCH OF ST FINNBARR (CI, MAGHEROSS PARISH) |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | Stained glass window in N wall of nave. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 217. |
Building: | CO. CAVAN, MILLTOWN (BELTURBET), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC) |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Stained glass E windiow (Crucifixion). |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 456. |
Building: | CO. WICKLOW, KILLAMOAT, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Stained-glass window. |
Refs: |
Brian Cantwell, ‘Memorials of the Dead’, 94 (Enneclan CD-ROM II). |
Building: | CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Glass in 3 lancets at E end (Christ the King, the Virgin, and St Joseph) by Harry Clarke Studios. |
Refs: |
Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 123-124(illus.). |
Building: | CO. KERRY, CASTLEGREGORY, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Stained glass window by HC. |
Refs: | R. Hayward, In the Kingdom of Kerry (1946), ? |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ANTRIM ROAD, ST MALACHY'S DIOCESAN SEMINARY |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Window depicting St Malachy in chapel said by Martin O'Callaghan, Principal of St Mary's College, Belfast, to be by HC) |
Refs: | - |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, KNOCKBRIDGE (DUNDALK), CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | 2 stained-glass windows |
Refs: | Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 369 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, SHOP STREET, CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE (RC, AUGUSTINIAN) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | East window |
Refs: | Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 240 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, CHARLESTOWN, CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Stained glass in N wall |
Refs: | North Lerinster, 204 |
Building: | CO. CAVAN, KINGSCOURT, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Stained glass windows in aisles by Harry Clarke Studios. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 402. |
Building: | CO. CAVAN, MUFF (KINGSCOURT), CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | E window (Crucifixion) by Harry Clarke Studios. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 407. |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, FRIARY LANE, CHURCH OF THE FOUR MASTERS (RC, FRANCISCAN) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | 5 stained-glass windows in apse |
Refs: | Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 133 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Bowe, Nicola Gordon | Harry Clarke: a monograph and catalogue | 1979 | Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, 1979. |
Bowe, Nicola Gordon | The life and Work of Harry Clarke | 1989 | Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1989. |
Bowe, Nicola Gordon, Caron, David, & Wynne, Michael | Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass | 1988 | Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988. |