Filmmaker John J Doherty traces the life and work of the Irish artist, book illustrator and stained glass artist Harry Clarke (1889–1931) with major contributions from his biographer Nicola Gordon Bowe as well as many stained glass artists, poets and historians.
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Harry Clarke brought his expertise in working in fine decorative detail in glass to his book illustrations, most notably in the tales of Hans Christian Andersen and Edgar Allan Poe where he is compared to Aubrey Beardsley and which are featured in the film and paralleled with German Expressionist cinema of the time.
Harry Potter | Harry S. Truman | Arthur C. Clarke | Harry Belafonte | Harry Turtledove | Debbie Harry | Harry Reid | Harry Nilsson | Prince Harry | Harry Houdini | Harry Hill | Harry | Harry Chapin | Harry Secombe | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Harry Bridges | Harry James | Harry Connick, Jr. | Harry Redknapp | Harry Morgan | Harry Langdon | Harry Hopkins | Dirty Harry | Cam Clarke | Ron Clarke | Harry Saltzman | Harry Partch | Harry Potter (film series) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
The former Belvedere House, Dublin is now part of the renowned teaching establishment Belvedere College, school to the writers James Joyce and Austin Clarke, the stained glass artist Harry Clarke, the patriot and poet Joseph Plunkett who was executed in 1916, the poet Donagh MacDonagh, Volunteer Kevin Barry, and latter-day press and bean baron, Tony O'Reilly.
He was a friend of Alan Odle and Harry Clarke and exhibited with them at the St George's Gallery in 1925.