Mr Anthony John Heriot Harvey b. 25 May 1930

Also known as Tony Harvey
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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 in his Punch and Bulletin cartoons and vibrant range of linocut and silk screen Australian greeting cards produced during the 1950s and 1960s.
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creator of
Anthony Harvey greeting cards (1954-1964)
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Greeting cards

thirty designs from over 300 including linocut, linocut with letterpress and also silkscreen.

 
creator of
City Pictorial Guides
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Map maker

Pictorial Map and City Guides written and illustrated by A. Harvey and providing front view images of major buildings and sculpture and information regarding their creators and places of interest in 24 major world cities.

 
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The Melbourne Book, Hutchinson, 1982
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The Melbourne Book, researched, written and illustrated by Anthony Harvey with an Introduction by Phillip Adams, describes sixty municipalities, highlighting their unique features. It was launched at the Melbourne Town Hall by Don Dustan, the Minister for Tourism 0n 30 November 1982.

 
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Wall sculpture
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sculpture

Harvey produced a series of wall sculptures at his Eltham studio using plaster embedded with moulded clay shapes, scrap material and found objects.

 
A girl in my soup (1969)
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A girl in my soup (1969)
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mixed media

Mixed media (papier mache, stoneware, rubber ball and metal spoon)

 
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"It's the way they draw these wretched tables."
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cartoonist

The Bulletin Book – a selection from the 1960’s Melbourne: F.W.Cheshire, 1966, p.50

 
Bird-shaped egg container 1 (1964)
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Bird-shaped egg container 1 (1964)
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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: Anthony Harvey, The Melbourne Book. Introduction: Phillip Adams, Hutchinson 1982.>, <ExternalResource: Helen Hewson. The Greeting Cards of Anthony Harvey, World of Art & Antiques, Issue 72, Feb-Aug, 2007, pp.180-6.>, <ExternalResource: Hewson, Helen. Tony Harvey obituary: 'Versatile designer's greeting cards brought wit and sophistication to Australian motifs'. The Melbourne Age, 13 September 2014. >, <ExternalResource: Felix Behrend. Ulysses' Father. Illus. Anthony Harvey, Melbourne: F.W.Cheshire, 1962.>, <ExternalResource: Anthony Harvey. Commercial Art, Fashion Drawing, Cartooning Course. Stott's Technical Correspondence College, Melbourne 1963.>, <ExternalResource: The Eltham Cookbook for Shillinglaw Cottage. Anthony Harvey contributor. Melbourne: Jonker, 1964.>, <ExternalResource: Anthony Harvey. Cartoon: 'It's the way they draw these wretched tables.' In The Bulletin Book-a selection from the 1960's, Melbourne" F.W.Cheshire,1966 p.50. E.H. Gombrich reproduced this cartoon in The Image and the Eye, London: Phaidon, (1982)1994, pp.201>] [<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: Anthony Harvey, The Australian boys' book of crafts, pets, sports and hobbies. Longman Australia, 1968>, <ExternalResource: Anthony Harvey, The Melbourne Book. Introduction: Phillip Adams, Hutchinson 1982.>, <ExternalResource: Helen Hewson. The Greeting Cards of Anthony Harvey, World of Art & Antiques, Issue 72, Feb-Aug, 2007, pp.180-6.>, <ExternalResource: Hewson, Helen. Tony Harvey obituary: 'Versatile designer's greeting cards brought wit and sophistication to Australian motifs'. The Melbourne Age, 13 September 2014. >, <ExternalResource: Felix Behrend. Ulysses' Father. Illus. Anthony Harvey, Melbourne: F.W.Cheshire, 1962.>, <ExternalResource: Anthony Harvey. Commercial Art, Fashion Drawing, Cartooning Course. Stott's Technical Correspondence College, Melbourne 1963.>, <ExternalResource: The Eltham Cookbook for Shillinglaw Cottage. Anthony Harvey contributor. Melbourne: Jonker, 1964.>, <ExternalResource: Anthony Harvey. Cartoon: 'It's the way they draw these wretched tables.' In The Bulletin Book-a selection from the 1960's, Melbourne" F.W.Cheshire,1966 p.50. E.H. Gombrich reproduced this cartoon in The Image and the Eye, London: Phaidon, (1982)1994, pp.201>]