James Harvey (artist)

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James Harvey (1929 – July 15, 1965) was an

abstract expressionist
painter, he died in 1965.

James Harvey came from a

J. L. Hudson. Finally he moved to New York to break into the art world
.

Harvey secured a position in the studio of

Marlboro giant Philip Morris. Harvey and his colleagues worked for two years on sketches, and did 200 final designs. The winner, selected by the executives
of Phillip Morris was the most mediocre of the bunch, according to Harvey, who felt “It’s a committee-arrived-at thing,”

In 1959, Egmont Arens fired his creative team. Two of them,

Brillo
.

In 1964, Andy Warhol launched the Stable Gallery exhibition (known as “the soap-box show”). This was widely regarded as putting Warhol on the map, and critics panned the work. When Harvey saw his design in the gallery, he laughed it off, according to a Print magazine article "Shadow Boxer."[1]

The Graham Gallery, which represented Harvey's abstract expressionist art issued a press release on behalf of Stuart and Gunn (and Harvey) that stated: “It is galling enough for Jim Harvey, an abstract expressionist, to see that a pop artist is running away with the ball, but when the ball happens to be a box designed by Jim Harvey, and Andy Warhol gets the credit for it, well, this makes Jim scream: ‘Andy is running away with my box.’” But the final line practically admitted defeat: “What’s one man’s box, may be another man’s art.”

James Harvey's last show, at Graham in November 1964, presented paintings that were “dynamic, restless, and painted with rich skill,” according to the

blood
.

References

  1. ^ "Shadow Boxer". Printmag.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
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