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David Clarke BIOGRAPHY
1920 - 2005. Known for: Abstraction, still life, waterscape and landscape painting.
David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her... Read full biography
David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her portraiture. The Harry Clarke Studios were in North Frederick Street, just around the corner from... Read full biography
David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her portraiture. The Harry Clarke Studios were in North Frederick Street, just around the corner from Belvedere College, where three generations of Clarkes were educated - Harry, David and David's son Rory. The family lived on North Circular Road near the Phoenix Park, David's beloved refuge and... Read full biography
David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her portraiture. The Harry Clarke Studios were in North Frederick Street, just around the corner from Belvedere College, where three generations of Clarkes were educated - Harry, David and David's son Rory. The family lived on North Circular Road near the Phoenix Park, David's beloved refuge and university of nature, where he spent much of his childhood and where he walked almost every day. David was a very fine draughtsman but he was primarily a superb colourist, inducing peace or excitement through cool or glowing colours. There is a subtle... Read full biography
David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her portraiture. The Harry Clarke Studios were in North Frederick Street, just around the corner from Belvedere College, where three generations of Clarkes were educated - Harry, David and David's son Rory. The family lived on North Circular Road near the Phoenix Park, David's beloved refuge and university of nature, where he spent much of his childhood and where he walked almost every day. David was a very fine draughtsman but he was primarily a superb colourist, inducing peace or excitement through cool or glowing colours. There is a subtle influence of stained glass on his painting, giving it what S.B. Kennedy called, "a pristine, at times luminous clarity". He generally... Read full biography
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David Clarke was born into a family of artists. His father was Harry Clarke, the renowned stained glass artist and book illustrator, and his mother was the painter Margaret Clarke, best known for her portraiture. The Harry Clarke Studios were in North Frederick Street, just around the corner from Belvedere College, where three generations of Clarkes were educated - Harry, David and David's son Rory. The family lived on North Circular Road near the Phoenix Park, David's beloved refuge and university of nature, where he spent much of his childhood and where he walked almost every day.
David was a very fine draughtsman but he was primarily a superb colourist, inducing peace or excitement through cool or glowing colours. There is a subtle influence of stained glass on his painting, giving it what S.B. Kennedy called, "a pristine, at times luminous clarity".
He generally painted in series, exploring his preoccupations and passions to the full. In the sixties his work reflected a quizzical concern with the tragi-comedy of the human predicament; but in later years he tended to focus on things which are in themselves lovely, fascinating and never still, such as kites, rock pools and Criunniú na mBád.
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http://www.thekennygallery.ie/artists/clarkedavid/Biography from Whyte's
Son of the renowned stained glass artist Harry Clarke and painter Margaret Clarke (née Crilly), David Clarke studied art under Mainie Jellett. In the accompanying essay to his 1969 exhibition, Thomas Kinsella wrote : "This new exhibition shows him confidently at work with vital material, achieving his purpose consistently with precision and richness … Colour is at times the essence of his achievement, as in the harvest field paintings with those golden yellow bales of hay…"