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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 as seen his Punch and Bulletin cartoons and his vibrant range of linocut and silk screen Australian greeting cards produced during the 1950s and 1960s.

Tags: Greeting cards, Print-maker, Sculpture, Author

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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…”
Hewson, Helen (Dr) (sister of Anthony Harvey). Information from Harvey family archive.
Hewson, Helen. Tony Harvey obituary: 'Artist had wit and style ahead of his time’. Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 2014.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/obituary-graphic-artist-tony-harvey-had-wit-and-a-style-ahead-of-its-time-20140921-10jwky.html
Anthony Harvey. The Australian boys’ book of crafts, pets, sports and hobbies. Longmont,1980.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9377889?selectedversion=NBD1689782
Anthony Harvey. The Melbourne book / compiled and illustrated by Anthony Harvey; introduction by Phillip Adams
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26371664?q=+anthony+harvey&c=book&versionId=45413028

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Other occupations	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 Ilustrator and author of Pictorial City Guides (ANZSIC code: 9002) -	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
Alternative names	Tony Harvey	Tony Harvey
Trainings	Certificate of Commercial art and design, c.1947 - c.1949 Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne, VIC Diploma of Graphic Art and Design , 1961 - 1964 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.	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.

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