Henry Bromilow Harrison b. 1878 Geelong, Victoria

Also known as:
  • H. B. Harrison
  • Harry Harrison
  • Harry Bromilow Harrison
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator) , (Painter)
Early 20th century Brisbane and Melbourne painter and cartoonist. Harrison showed his work with Queensland Art Society, (Brisbane).
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Henry Bromilow Harrison
Also known as:
  • H. B. Harrison
  • Harry Harrison
  • Harry Bromilow Harrison
Birth date
10 May 1878
Birth place
Geelong, Victoria
Death date
1948
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1916- c.1948 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1896- c.1915 Brisbane, Queensland
Other Occupation
  • Art critic
Active Period
  • c.1896- c.1948
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1896- South Brisbane Technical College, Brisbane, Queensland
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter and cartoonist, was born in Geelong (Vic.) on 10 May 1878. He moved to Queensland as a youth and studied at South Brisbane Technical College c.1896. He worked as a cartoonist on the Queenslander , the Brisbane Courier and the Observer and was a prolific exhibitor with the QAS in 1902-12, 1914-15. In 1908 he showed three cartoons from the Observer at the QAS, more the following two years, three again in 1911. He seems to have been the only person regularly showing cartoons in the black and white art section. ( Holger V. Lovf showed cartoons and 'local celebrities’ with the QAS in 1913-15.)

Harrison also showed watercolours with the QAS. Later he studied painting with Max Meldrum in Melbourne, although, according to Moore, never became a Meldrumite. He was a foundation member of the Australian Art Association, also a commercial artist and freelance art critic for the Argus and the Australian .

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Holger V. Lovf
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Max Meldrum
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
C. A. Abbott
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
[Royal] Queensland Art Society, Brisbane, Queensland
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Australian Art Association, Melbourne, Victoria
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
Australian Art Association
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Victoria
Queensland Art Society
None
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Brisbane, Queensland
Citations:
  • Brown, Julie K. and Maynard, Margaret, (1980), Fine art exhibitions in Brisbane, 1884-1916, (Place: St. Lucia, Qld: Fryer Memorial Library, University of Queensland)
  • Moore, William, (1934), Story of Australian Art, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson (facsimile 1980))
  • Macdonald, J. S., (1930), Harry B. Harrison, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Art in Australia 3rd series, Number 30)
  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan, (1994), Encyclopedia of Australian art, (Place: St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin)