Michael Healy (Recorded lecture)
£5.00
Webinar with Dr David Caron
Michael Healy – Stained Glass Pioneer of Ireland
Michael Healy (1873–1941) was raised in a Dublin tenement and through a combination of innate talent, hard work and lucky breaks he pulled himself out of grinding poverty. Ahead of Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes and Evie Hone, he established the bar for artistic and technical excellence in the exacting craft of stained glass and worked at the world-renowned An Túr Gloine (Tower of Glass) studio for almost four decades.
This talk explored the highlights of Healy’s stained glass career – windows that convey everything from austere majesty to tender humanity, often revelling in beguiling narrative detail.
Dr David Caron’s PhD research at Trinity College Dublin focused on Michael Healy and the stained glass artists of An Túr Gloine. He was one of the three original compilers of the Gazetteer of Irish stained glass in 1988, and was editor and principal author of the revised and expanded edition in 2021. His book, Michael Healy, 1873-1941, was published in 2023 and his latest book, Dublin’s Stained Glass, is now available. David regularly contributes articles on stained glass to the Irish Arts Review.
Members pay only £4.25 (£5.00 full price) for the Zoom recording.