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, cartoonist, illustrator, print-maker and author. He also had an extensive career as an educator in Victoria. He is especially noted for his greeting cards and book illustration.
Tags: Greeting cards, Print-maker, Sculpture, Author
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Name
Mr Anthony John Heriot Harvey
Also known as Tony Harvey
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher of Art and Craft (Victorian technical education system) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1961 Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Teacher of Art and Craft (Victorian technical education system - Watsonia Technical School) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1962 Banyule, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC
  • Head of Advertising, Art/Design (ANZSIC code: 81) 1963 Prahran College of Fine Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  • Head Teacher, Art Department (Watsonia Technical School) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1964 - 1968 Banyule, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC
  • Head Teacher, Art Department (Macleod Technical School) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1969 - 1970 Banyule, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC
  • Head Teacher, Art Department (Keon Park Technical School) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1971 - 1974 Reservoir, Victoria
  • Executive Officer of the Art and Craft Teachers’ Association (ANZSIC code: 9551) c.1971 - 1974 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Teachers’ Representative on the Four Person Standing Committee for Art in Technical Schools (ANZSIC code: 9551) c.1971 - 1974 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Author of craft books for children, 'The Melbourne Book' and city guides (ANZSIC code: 5413) 1968 - 1998 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Greeting cards (designer, printer, publisher and distributor) (ANZSIC code: 54) 1954 - 1964 Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Illustrator of books (for children and adults) and pictorial map and city guides (ANZSIC code: 9002) 1962 - 1982 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Cartoonist for 'Punch', 'The Spectator', 'Lilliput' and 'London Opinion' magazines (ANZSIC code: 9002) 1952 - c.1974 London, England, UK
  • Cartoonist for 'The Bulletin' and KG Murray Publishing Company (ANZSIC code: 54) 1953 - c.1965
  • Sculptor in papier mache (ANZSIC code: 9002) c.1958 - c.1980 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Sculptor of wall slabs in clay, plaster of Paris and scrap materials (ANZSIC code: 9002) c.1970 - c.1980
Tags:
Greeting cards
Print-maker
Sculpture
Author
Birth date
25 May 1930
Birth place
Leura, NSW, Australia
Death date
27 July 2014
Death place
Port Melbourne, Victoria , Port Melbourne, Victoria ?
Active Period
  • February 1951 - 2014
Residence
  • - Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Commercial art and design, 1947 - c.1949 Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
  • Diploma of Graphic Art and Design , 1961 - 1964 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Max Harris: 'The Christmas Cards of Anthony Harvey', in Australian Letters, A Quarterly Review of Writing and Criticism, Volume 2, Number 3 (December 1959), pp 42-43 and front cover. "The leading talent is Anthony Harvey... has managed to produce designs unmistakably Australian in character and informed by a humour which is sophisticated but never vulgar or pseudo- funny. To these virtues must be added the superb quality of his hand-colour- printing...">, <ExternalResource: Hewson, Helen (Dr) (sister of Anthony Harvey). Information from Harvey family archive.>, <ExternalResource: Hewson, Helen. Tony Harvey obituary: 'Artist had wit and style ahead of his time'. Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 2014.>] [<ExternalResource: Max Harris: 'The Christmas Cards of Anthony Harvey', in Australian Letters, A Quarterly Review of Writing and Criticism, Volume 2, Number 3 (December 1959), pp 42-43 and front cover. "The leading talent is Anthony Harvey... has managed to produce designs unmistakably Australian in character and informed by a humour which is sophisticated but never vulgar or pseudo- funny. To these virtues must be added the superb quality of his hand-colour- printing...">, <ExternalResource: Hewson, Helen (Dr) (sister of Anthony Harvey). Information from Harvey family archive.>]