Results: Harry Clarke
Published on 05/17/2019
QUESTIONS
GO to COMMENTS
Comments
1.
1.
Are you familiar with Harry Clarke, an Irish artist who lived from 1889-1931?
Yes
5%
100 votes
No
95%
2091 votes
2.
2.
Harry Clarke was initially a stained glass artist and later went on to become well-known for his book illustrations. This stained glass is from The Geneva Window, dated in 1930 and one of his last stained glass pieces before his death. It is now in the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami, Florida. Do you like the look of this stained glass artwork?
Yes
50%
1092 votes
No
24%
536 votes
I would need to see more examples to know
26%
563 votes
3.
3.
Harry Clarke illustrated collections of Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" short stories and tales, an edition of "Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, ""Fairy Tales of Perrault," and Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe's "Faust." Have you read any of these?
Yes
17%
382 votes
No
68%
1482 votes
Not yet, but I plan to
5%
111 votes
I have read them, but not versions with Clarke's illustrations
10%
216 votes
4.
4.
There was a biography published, titled "Harry Clarke - The Life and Work" by Nicola Gordon Bowe, telling of how he started as an artist and .featuring many of his stained glass, black and white, and full-color illustrations. Do you like reading biographies of artists?
Yes
16%
349 votes
No
51%
1115 votes
Sometimes
33%
727 votes
5.
5.
Here is one of his Faust book illustrations. Do you like it?
Yes
38%
828 votes
No
62%
1363 votes
6.
6.
Here is one of his illustrations from Poe's "Tales of Mystery & Imagination." Do you like the style?
Yes
44%
965 votes
No
56%
1226 votes
COMMENTS