This special collaboration between the Museum and Crawford Art Gallery brings together six Harry Clarke stained-glass panels, including some of his earliest works
A new exhibition opens at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks today, showcasing six of Harry Clarke’s stained-glass panels, including some of his earliest known works.
A special collaboration between the National Museum and Crawford Art Gallery, the exhibition brings together panels not previously displayed in the same place before.
Three of the panels have travelled to the National Museum from Crawford Art Gallery, as it closes for its ambitious redevelopment project, ‘Transforming Crawford Art Gallery’. The exhibition, Harry Clarke’s-Stained Glass, will run for at least two years over the duration of the redevelopment project at Crawford Art Gallery.
Harry Clarke (1889 – 1931) is one of Ireland’s most renowned stained-glass artists and illustrators. His work is celebrated internationally for its originality of design and impressive technical skill, not least in Ireland where his work is present in 16 counties, mostly in churches.
The panels on display in Harry Clarke’s-Stained Glass each reveal Clarke’s distinct vision, inviting visitors into the world of religious and fantastical imagery that defined his career. They include:
- The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford, by St. Patrick (1910)
- The Godhead Enthroned (1911)
- The Meeting of St. Brendan with the Unhappy Judas (1911)
- The Unhappy Judas (1913)
- A Meeting (1918)
- Richard Mulcahy (c. 1925)
Admission to the exhibition is free. To celebrate the launch and as part of the Winter Lights Festival, the National Museum, Collins Barracks will open late tonight, Thursday December 5th and Thursday December 12th, and special curator guided tours of the exhibition will be provided on both evenings. Please note that space is limited, and places will be on a first come first served basis.