College, Cork, at the Hugh Lane Municipal
Gallery in Dublin, museums such as Miami���s
Wolfsonian and at St. Vincent de Paul Church
in Bayonne, New Jersey.
These photographs by Jennifer Judkins illustrate Clarke windows from St. Vincent de Paul,
a beloved neighborhood church seldom visited, yet a repository of startling stained glass
by Clarke, each a singularly compelling delight to view. Clarke rendered America���s first
President, George Washington, in a window
that commemorates the seminal role New
Jersey played during the American Revolutionary War. Clarke���s windows also include
images of the three wise men, a priest with
monstrance in gilded robes and children and
their mother in the presence of Christ. These
windows demonstrate Clark���s exacting drawing, his use of window leading as an integral
part of the design scheme and his use of vibrant colors, particularly hues of blue.
It is hard to imagine that Clarke (1889-1931)
was not influenced during his short life by
the seminal artistic, political and social currents that marked the beginning of the 20th
century. In the precise, angular, pointed faces seen in these windows, one views visual
symbols of ancient divine stories as much as
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