Object Description
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY
(British 1883-1956)
Reverie
Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09
Red chalks
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size 56 by 45.5 cm., 22 by 18 in.)
Herbert Johnson Harvey was a landscape and portrait painter, print maker and metal worker. He was born in Hammersmith, London but his family moved to Birmingham when he was about 4 years old. His father, John Rabone Harvey, was also an artist a member of the Royal Society of Birmingham artists. He moved to London in 1911 and in the late 1920s spent some time in Italy. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere in the UK.