Harry (Henry Patrick) Clarke RHA
Born 17 March 1889
Died 6 January 1931
Active: 1903 - 1931
Country of birth: Ireland
Country of death: Switzerland
Stained glass artist, illustrator, business owner
He was the son of Joshua Clarke, founder of a successful church decoration and stained glass design business. Harry studied at Metropolitan School of art c.1903-11 and then worked as a freelance stained glass designer and illustrator between 1914-21. From 1921 he ran the family business and divided the stained glass studio from the church decoration business which he passed to his brother Walter. In 1929, Harry was diagnosed with tuberculosis and died in Coire, Switzerland. He left behind an important body of work including important commissions in Europe and America.
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Joshua Clarke & Sons
1914 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
Harry worked for his father's firm as a stained glass artist
Student at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1903 - 1911 (Circa)
Traded as Harry Clarke Stained Glass Ltd.
1921 - 1931
At his father's death, Harry took over the management of the firm. It continued after his own death in 1931
Citing this record
'Harry (Henry Patrick) Clarke RHA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1216314514, accessed 02 Dec 2020]
