I am working class artist. I am very happy if my work pleas… - Brian Clarke

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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 transcendence to as many people as possible, and the idea that it is confined to one social demographic is abhorrent to me.

Brian Clarke

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Brian Clarke (2 July 1953 – 1 July 2025) was a British painter, architectural artist and printmaker, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, polemical writings and lectures, and collaborations with major figures in contemporary architecture.

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Alternative Names: Brian Ord-Clarke • Sir Brian Clarke

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