Harry Clarke: An Imaginative Genius in Illustrations and Stained-glass Arts

by Hiroshi Unno

Harry Clarke was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1889, he studied stained-glass at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and created a number of great works throughout his life. In 1913, he moved to London to work as a book illustrator. His first printed work appears in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales featuring more than 40 of his illustrations. His next publication, Edgar Allan Poe's Tale of Mystery and Imagination , made Harry famous. Despite his short life of only 42 years, he left an expansive legacy of illustration and stained-glass artwork that inspires us still today. As the one-and-only comprehensive collection of Harry Clarke's complete works, this gorgeous full-color book showcases them with beautiful prints. It is a must-have book, to be treasured by fans of "The Golden Age of Illustration," and illustration students alike. Detailed captions are provided in Japanese, with some English.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2014

About the author

Hiroshi Unno was born in 1939 in Tokyo. Unno writes on art, cinema, music, urbanism, novels, flower arranging and more. Unno recent titles released by PIE International – Avant-Garde Graphics in Russia, William Morris, Harry Clarke, Beautiful Book Design, The World of Mucha, A Thousand and One Nights – have gained recognition worldwide.

Reviews

[John Roland · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been a fan of Harry Clarke's work since I encountered his Poe illustrations when I was a kid, but had no idea of the breadth and magnificence of his work until I saw this book. The reproductions are absolutely stunning -- this is one of the absolutely best art books I've ever purchased. Hopefully someday the text will be translated into an English edition, but for now I'm happy to settle for this Japanese edition.

[erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS book i just wish all of the japanese text had been translated and not just parts of it 🥲

[Wiley June · Rating 5 out of 5]

the most fabulous of the fabulous.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful book but would have been better if all of the Japanese text had been translated.

[Dayvid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harry Clarke has become one of my absolute favorite artists, especially because of his incredible work with stained glass and this book does such a great job with showcasing his talents

[Alison Killilea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful images, some of which I hadn't seen before. Only pity is that not all of the text is translated into English from the Japanese. But at the end of the day, this book is more about the images than anything else.

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only a small portion of the text was completely translated into English, but overall this was a lovely book with very nice reproductions of Clarke's work!