Harrison, Claude (1922-2009)
Creator details
- Name
- Harrison, Claude (1922-2009)
- Nationality
- English
- Biography
- Claude Harrison (b. 1922 d. 2009) was a British artist, notably in tempera. He was born in Leyland, Lancashire. He was married to the artist Audrey Johnson in 1947, their son being the potter Tobias Harrison. He was educated at Preston College of Art, 1939–41, Liverpool College of Art, 1941–2, then after Royal Air Force service in India, Burma and China, at Royal College of Art, 1947–50. He was a painter of murals, portraits, conversation pieces and imaginative figure compositions including harlequin-type and masked figures and using a delicate palette.
