120 Years of Irish Stained Glass highlights Irish Stained Glass from the foundation of An Túr Gloine in 1903 to the present day. Presented by David Caron for the Glass Society of Ireland 2nd Tuesday's Lecture Series 2022 To coincide with the publication of the revised and expanded edition of the Gazetteer of Irish Stained…
The Harry Clarke Studios became one of the most important Irish art businesses of the 20th century. Paul Donnelly charts the growth globally. In 1930 Harry Clarke renamed the church decoration and stained glass making firm he inherited from his father as 'Harry Clarke Studios'. One of Clarke’s ambitions for the Studios was to expand…
George Walsh is one of Ireland's finest contemporary stained glass artists, represented in the Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass by over a hundred windows dating from the 1960s to the present day. George's father, George Stephen Walsh, apprenticed under Harry Clarke, later moving to Northern Ireland to design for Clokey of Belfast. While there, George…
An overview of Murphy-Devitt Studios, Dublin, whose work spanned 1955-2004 in site specific abstract and figurative glass presented by Reiltín Murphy. As Murphy-Devitt Studios, Dublin, this small group of artists and craftsmen produced stained glass from 1958 to 1978. Working together more loosely outside of these dates their work spans from 1955 to 2004.…