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Harry Stevens, 1919-2008

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Reference number
1996/5127
Name
Harry Stevens
Born
1919
Collection
Object type
  • Person
Completeness
36%
  • Biography

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    Biography
    Harry Stevens was born in Manchester. He studied privately and became a freelance designer.

    No formal training in art, he started out in the display and exhibition trade.

    He joined the Society of Industrial Artists in 1955 and was elected Fellow ten years later. Stevens was winner of the Council of Industrial Design Poster Award in 1963. He was a member of the Society of Modern Painters.

    He has specialised in poster design for a wide variety of clients and agencies.
    Employment
    Designed posters for London Transport, 1960-1978
    Role
    Artist,