Saint Vincent de Paul Church, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Harry Clarke Stained Glass WindowsSaint Vincent de Paul Church, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

St. Vincent De Paul in Bayonne, New Jersey, is the only American church that has stained glass windows by Harry Clarke. According to Treffinger (March 26th 2000), Harry was commissioned by Father Joseph F. Dolan in the late 1920s to design forty windows for the Bayonne church. Fr. Dolan, who was Irish, wanted Harry to take up the commission because he admired his work. When Harry died in January 1931, the Harry Clarke Studios continued to work on the commission until it was completed in the 1940s. By early October 1928 Harry had completed designs and colour schemes for the nine chancel windows. The nine windows depicting angels were exhibited at the Studios before being despatched to New Jersey on October 3rd 1929. The windows depict nine angels, each holding a symbol of the mass.

Saint Vincent de Paul Church, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Saint Vincent de Paul Church

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