Is tony harrison alive

Tony Harrison, painter, printmaker, and teacher, was born in Truro, England on August 18, 1931. He studied architecture at the Northern Polytechnic in London from 1949 to 1951, and then studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art and painting and printmaking at the Central School of Arts and Crafts where his tutors included Peter Cocker. He received a National Diploma in Design for painting and the Central School Diploma in printmaking.

Between 1956 and 1963, Harrison’s work is shown in London at St. George’s Gallery, the Piccadilly Gallery, and the Kaplan Gallery. He taught part-time at the Central School of Arts and Crafts for eight years.

In 1964 Harrison had a solo exhibition of drawings and prints at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and he taught briefly at San Francisco State College. By December of that year Harrison became a permanent resident of the United States. He lived and worked in New York for the next nineteen years. Between 1965 and 1971, he taught at the Pratt Graphics Center, New York University, and Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking

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