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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Citations

  • 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

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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.>]