Mr Anthony John Heriot Harvey b. 25 May 1930

Also known as Tony Harvey
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Harvey was a designer,sculptor, cartoonist, illustrator, print-maker, map maker and author. He also had an extensive career as an educator in Victoria. Especially noted for his wit and humor and economy of line as seen in his Punch and Bulletin cartoons and vibrant range of linocut and silk screen Australian greeting cards produced during the 1950s and 1960s.
Tags: Greeting cards, Print-maker, Sculpture, Author, Designer, Map maker
You are viewing the version of bio from May 25, 2015, 4:57 p.m. , as edited by drhle_hewson (needs approval).
Revert to this revision Go to current record
This record needs moderation

Cartoonist and illustrator, produced cartoons and greeting cards in the late 1950s and 1960s. The Sydney Bulletin and London Punch were his chief cartoon outlets, but he also drew them for the Spectator and Lilliput , while in Sydney his wordless, witty and often cruel line drawings commonly about life’s losers also appeared in K.G. Murray publications. Harvey’s Christmas cards were typically Australian versions on traditional English Yuletide themes: a kangaroo eating a plum pudding, Santa sunbaking or water-skiing, a man with a horse and buggy taking a Christmas tree to his rural Oz home (the NGA has an almost complete set). In the 1990s-2000s he designed, researched and wrote broadsheet Pictorial City Guides to c.25 cities, the latest being Berlin (2001).

This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Date modified May 25, 2015, 4:57 p.m. May 25, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)