Paul Donnelly (TCD): Here, There and Everywhere: The Global Reach of the Harry Clarke Studios

Here

There

Everywhere

The Global Reach of Harry Clarke StudiosPaul Donnelly TCD 6th February 2015

Crowning with Thorns and Scourging at the Pillar (1938)Dominican Convent Chapel, Wicklow

Crowning with Thorns (1938)Digital Collections, TCD

Crowning with Thorns, detail (1938)Dominican Convent Chapel, Wicklow

Angel with Stole (1929)Basilica of St Vincent de Paul, Bayonne, NJ USA

St Brigid (1947)St. Brigid Catholic Church, San Francisco, USA

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, San Francisco, USA

“The windows of St Brigid are beautiful in design but are too dark for the modern world. People in our day in the USA are afraid to go into dark churches as a matter of fact there is good reason for it. People have been attacked in our churches in the past. I'm sure you can permit more light to enter without taking away from the mastership of design. If you do this you will get much more work for our Irish windows.”

Letter from Rev. Arthur Cantwell to William J. Dowling, 23rd September 1957

Assumption (1961)St. Elizabeth Parish Church, San Francisco, USA

Assumption (c.1950)St Brigid Parish Church, San Francisco, USA

Detail of Holy Eucharist (1961) St. Elizabeth Parish Church, San Francisco, USA

Holy Eucharist and Penance (1961)St. Elizabeth Parish Church, San Francisco, USA

Our Lady of Knock (c. 1963)St. Elizabeth, San Francisco, USA

Our Lady of Knock (1950s) Old Parish Church, Knock, Co. Mayo

“The first three windows have been installed and they are of such beauty of colour and design and workmanship that we are at a loss of words to express our great appreciation of them. Thank you is the most inadequate word to express so much but it is sincerely heartfelt.”

Letter from Rev. Arthur Cantwell to William J. Dowling, 17th October 1961

Private Chapel, Bishops Residence, Harrisburg PA, USA

Chapel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lancaster PA, USA

Presentation in the Temple (1938)Dominican Convent, Wicklow

Presentation in the Temple (1954)Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lancaster PA, USA

Foundress of the Order (1945)Convent of Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny, Trinidad

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Immaculate Conception (1925)

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. Palmerston North, New Zealand, Nativity (1950)

St. Patrick Catholic Church, Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand

St. Patrick (1965)

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