Harry Clarke Coloring Book

Description

Harry Clarke coloring book is an forty-eight page 8½ x 11 in. book with twenty-two images to color. Each illustration is reproduced in a small, color version of the original artwork and as a full-page black line drawing.

Irish illustrator and stained-glass artist Harry Clarke was born in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day, 1889. He learned the stained-glass trade in his youth, working at his father’s decorating business and studying at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He was praised as a genius—“Ireland’s only great Symbolist,” according to one critic.

Clarke’s first illustrated book was published in 1916. He eventually brought to life many characters of classic literature, using stylized figures and precise patterns. His characters were drawn in minute detail and delicate line. Illustrations from three of his books—including Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, and The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters—are included for you in this coloring book.

Clarke was fond of using jewel colors. He loved rich blue and used it in many of his illustrations, along with ruby reds, bright teals, and deep purples. What colors will you use to enliven each story’s characters? You can use the paintings shown on the insides of this coloring book’s covers to guide you, or you can create your own unique color and pattern combinations. We’ve even left one blank page at the back for you to illustrate your very own maiden, queen, jester, or any other fairy tale character you can imagine.

Images
Illustration for “The Sea Maid” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916.
Illustration for “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “Little Red Riding-Hood” from The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, 1922
Illustration for “Cradle-Song” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “A Ballad of the Captains” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “Arabia” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “The Song of the Mad Prince” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “The Dead” from The Year’s at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by Lettice D’Oyly Walters, 1920
Illustration for “The Hardy Tin Soldier” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Tinder Box” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “Thumbelina” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Travelling Companion” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Emperor’s New Clothes” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Swineherd” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Snow Queen” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Snow Queen” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Nightingale” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Elf Hill” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Wild Swans” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Garden of Paradise” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916
Illustration for “The Marsh King’s Daughter” from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, 1916

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