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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 HYLAND

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