Richard King (artist)

Richard Joseph King (Rísteard Ó Cíonga; 7 July 1907–17 March 1974)[2] was an Irish stained glass artist and illustrator.

He was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, where his father was a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary.

In 1926 he became a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and he entered the stained glass studio of Harry Clarke in 1928.

King completed the ongoing work on the windows of St. Mel's Cathedral in Longford, and managed the studio from 1935 to 1940.

[7] They are: Holy Year, 1933; Constitution, 1937; St. Patrick, 1937; Davitt and Parnell, 1946; four airmail stamps, 1948/1949; G.A.A., 1934; Four Masters, 1944; Thomas Davis, 1945; James Clarence Mangan, 1949.

Resurrection window by Richard King in St Mel's Cathedral , 1932, restored after the fire in 2009. [ 1 ]
Irish airmail stamp designed by King - Vox Hiberniæ flying over Glendalough