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The Art of Harry Clarke

Harry Clarke was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1889.
He apprenticed to his father in stained glass at the age of 16.
From 1910 to 1913 he attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art,
where he won 3 gold medals and 2 scholarships.

He was an illustrator of several books, some of which are shown here,
and also designed stained glass windows in the British Isles, Australia, and Africa.
He died of tuberculosis in Switzerland in 1931.

Harry Clarke in WikiPedia

Harry Clarke's Looking Glass

Biography: The Life and Work of Harry Clarke by Nicola Gordon Bowe

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 1916: Black and White

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 1916: Black and White

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 1916: Colour

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 1916: Colour

Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Poe, 1919

Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Poe, 1919

Faust, Goethe, 1925

Faust, Goethe.1925