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Michael Healy, 1873-1941

Name: Michael Healy, 1873-1941
Author: David Caron

David Caron

20 March 2024

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Book Synopsis

This book tells the story of the reclusive artist, raised in a Dublin tenement, who ahead of Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes and Evie Hone, established the bar for artistic and technical excellence in this exacting craft, and who worked at the world-renowned An Tú r Gloine (Tower of Glass) studio for almost four decades. Lavishly illustrated, it charts Healy' s stained glass career and features images of all his principle windows in Ireland and on three continents - windows that convey everything from austere majesty to tender humanity, often revelling in beguiling narrative detail. In his spare time Healy surreptitiously recorded Dubliners going about their daily business, producing many, many hundreds of charming, rapidly executed pencil and watercolour images which collectively form a homage to the citizens of the city he loved.

About The Author

David Caron' s PhD research at Trinity College Dublin focused on Michael Healy and the stained glass artists of An Tú r Gloine. He was one of the three original compilers of the Gazetteer of Irish stained glass in 1988, and was editor and principle author of the revised and expanded edition in 2021. David regularly contributes articles on stained glass to the Irish Arts Review.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781801510813
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Four Courts Press, (20 March 2024)
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 1786 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 235 x 159 x 35 mm
Categories:: European