Brian Clarke
Sir Brian Clarke was a British painter, architectural artist, designer and printmaker, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, symbolist paintings, set designs, and collaborations with major figures in modern and contemporary architecture.
Background
- Born in
- Killarney
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It's not that painting is the medium with which I identify the most. Painting is the medium through which I am able to identify with anything external."
"Punk articulated the vitriolic disapproval by the young of the sneaking complacency in music, art, politics and perhaps most important of all - the environment."
"As punk rock was able to sweep the board clean in music, so must the board be cleared in visual art."
"When I am designing a stained glass window I am painting; when I am drawing a drawing, I am painting; when I am making the cartoon for a tapestry, I am painting; and when I am listening to music I am …"
"Painting is a way for me to view the world as it exists and the world as it might be."
"I am working class artist. I am very happy if my work pleases or engages intellectuals or professional people, but my art is an art for the mass: I want to communicate this idea of intimacy and poetic…"
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Timeline
1953
Born
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Died
Death
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