Monday, August 3, 2009

"Harry Clarke at the National Gallery of Ireland"


A few more days to enjoy the exhibition of Harry Clarke’s illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s “Fairy Tales” special edition of 1916 at the National Gallery of Ireland. Irish Artist Harry Clarke’s imaginative illustrations are a perfect match for Andersen’s ingenious stories. Nevertheless, they are unique masterworks in their own right. Each of the 10 illustrations eschews Art Nouveau through their richly coloured and ultra-detailed drawings. This makes the exhibition a second to none opportunity to closely appreciate such inventive watercolours, otherwise, partially lost during the printing processes.

2 comments:

  1. Super blog update! But your link to the BL catalogue does not work anymore. I had a look on NLI catalogue and they have several copies http://tinyurl.com/n6fa4j

    Keep the blog updates coming!

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  2. Thanks for your comment and the update on the link.

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