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John Dean Monroe Harvey (1895-1978)
Design for Great Marlborough St, London W1 (1954) by Stone Toms & Partners
Gouache on paper
43 x 51 cm
Signed and dated ‘J D M Harvey 54′ and inscribed ‘Stone Toms & Partners Architects’.
A very fine architectural perspective by Harvey for this site adjacent to Liberty’s on Regent Street, London.
Harvey is arguably unrivalled as an architectural perspectivist working into the latter half of the twentieth century. He trained as an architect but, after the war, worked almost solely on drawing architectural perspectives for other architects. Lawrence Wright wrote that The architectural draughtsman who is equally competent at drawing such incidentals [as landscape and figures] is as rare as the landscape or figure painter who is equally competent at architecture. Harvey was one of those rare men. He would draw a building with a slightly freer hand than an architect would, and his landscape in a slightly more architectural manner than that of a painter' (Wright, 'Perspective in Perspective', Routledge 1983, p234); Harvey's works illustrate his skill at combining architectural observation and design with incidental details. The figures at ground level, combined with the various open windows, turn the Modernist building design into a lively set complete with its own original characters.
Harvey was born in Newfoundland, where his father was a railway engineer, and came to England aged 17, studying at St Paul’s School, London and at the School of Architecture, University College London 1914-1918. In 1920 he went into practice on his own, designing several interiors with J A Bowden. Amongst his works were the reconstruction and interior decoration of 4 Cleveland Place, London (1936-37), and a house – including all furnishings – in Herne Hill for Dr M I Elliot (1938). After 1944 he primarily worked as a perspective artist and illustrator, a role to which he was particularly well suited.
During the war he was a member of St Paul’s Watch, a group of over one hundred architects, surveyors, and artists who kept watch over St Paul’s Cathedral during the blitz, extinguishing fires and helping St Paul’s to survive the war virtually unscathed. The Watch was notably described as the ‘best dining club in London’ on account of its influential members.
Harvey retired to Italy, living on the shore of Lake Como and enjoying the local red wine.
- Creator:John Dean Monroe Harvey (1895 - 1978, Canadian)
- Creation Year:1954
- Dimensions:Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 20.08 in (51 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU795310805632
John Dean Monroe Harvey
Probably unrivaled as an architectural perspectivist working after the Second World War, John Dean Monroe Harvey trained as an architect but after 1944 worked almost solely on drawing architectural perspectives for other architects. “The architectural draughtsman who is equally competent at drawing such incidentals [as landscape and figures] is as rare as the landscape or figure painter who is equally competent at architecture. Harvey was one of those rare men. He would draw a building with a slightly freer hand than an architect would, and his landscape in a slightly more architectural manner than that of a painter.” Perspective in Perspective, Lawrence Wright (Routledge 1983) p234. Harvey was born in Newfoundland, where his father was a railway engineer, and came to England aged 17, studying at St Paul’s School, London and the School of Architecture, University College London 1914–18, being awarded the Donaldson medal. In 1920 he went into practice on his own, designing several interiors with J A Bowden. Amongst his works were the reconstruction and interior decoration of 4 Cleveland Place, London (1936–37), and a house – including all furnishings – in Herne Hill for Dr. M I Elliot (1938). After 1944, he primarily worked as a perspective artist and illustrator, a role to which he was particularly well suited. During the war, he was a member of St Paul’s Watch, a group of over 100 architects and surveyors and artists who kept watch over St Paul’s Cathedral during the blitz, extinguishing fires and helping St Paul’s to survive the war virtually unscathed. The Watch was described as the Best dining club in London on account of its influential members. Harvey later retired to Italy, living on the shore of Lake Como, and enjoying the local red wine.
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