Harry Clarke's illustrations in E. A. Poe's novels

The Tell-Tale Heart

O Harry Clarke (1889–1931) ήταν ένας Ιρλανδός καλλιτέχνης του βιτρώ και εικονογράφος βιβλιων. Η πρωτη του ολοκληρωμένη εικονογράφηση ήταν σε παραμύθια του Αντερσεν το 1916. Ακολούθησε η εικονογράφηση για τη συλλογή διηγημάτων του Edgar Allan Poe «Tales of Mystery and Imagination», η οποία τον έκανε και δημοφιλή. Η δουλειά του αυτή είναι και η πιο ανατριχιαστική, παριστάνοντας με πολύ παραστατικό και διαστροφικό τρόπο την σκοτεινή goth ατμόσφαιρα των διηγημάτων του Πόε. Μπορεί να συγκριθεί και με το αλλόκοτο του Aubrey Beardsley.

The Fall of the House of Usher

Η πιο γνωστή του πάντως δουλειά εικονογράφησης, που επηρρέασε και την εικονογράφηση της ψυχεδέλειας του 1960, ήταν για τον Φάουστ του Γκαίτε. Μπορείτε να δείτε αυτή την εικονογράφηση ΕΔΩ

The Man of the Crowd

Με τον αδελφό του ασχολούνταν και με την κατασκευή βιτρώ που στόλισαν πολλές εκκλησίες. Όμως ο πρόωρος θάνατος και των δυο αποδίδεται στην τοξικότητα των υλικών για την δημιουργία των βιτρώ.

The Premature Burial

Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was an Irish stained glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was his first completed printed work in 1916—a title that included 16 colour plates and more than 24 monotone illustrations.

The Fall of the House of Usher

This was closely followed by an illustrations for an edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination: the first version of that title was restricted to monotone illustrations, while a second iteration with 8 colour plates and more than 24 monotone images was published in 1923. This work made his reputation as a book illustrator. Clarke's work can be compared to that of Aubrey Beardsley. This work was also his most creepy and perverted, reflecting the dark/goth atmosphere of Poe’s novel’s and a I present a part of them in this post.

William Wilson

Goethe's Faust, containing 8 colour plates and more than 70 monotone and duotone images is perhaps his most famous work, and prefigures the disturbing imagery of 1960s psychedelia.
See Faust’s illustrations HERE

The Masque of the Red Death

He had also been working hard in stained glass, producing more than 130 windows, he and his brother, Walter, having taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921. The premature death of both brothers was attributed to the toxic substances used in stained glass workings. (wikipedia)

The Oblong Box

All images were taken from a great blog A Journey Round My Skull, where you can find much more.

The Black Cat

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

A Descent into the Maelstrom

ornamental illustration in
«Tales of Mystery and Imagination»