Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris: Celebrity artist (2005)

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John A. Walker - 04 Feb 05

Rolf Harris: Celebrity artist (2005) With some justice, Rolf Harris’s biographer Michael Heatley has called him "the most talented man in the world". The Daily Telegraph also dubbed him "a renaissance man". Harris is an internationally famous popular entertainer—musician, singer, recording...

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"How to do it" arts programmes (1993)

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John A. Walker - 01 May 93

...Rolf Harris. (Rembrandt came second.) Harris (b. 1930) hails from Australia. He is a bearded, light entertainer who has appeared on many variety shows and children’s programmes over the decades. As part of his routine, he sings, draws cartoons and paints. No one in the British artworld would...

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The Vincent van Gogh industry (1981)

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John A. Walker - 05 Jun 81

The Vincent van Gogh industry (1981) "Van Gogh is not Van Gogh now. Society has sterilised him in its laboratory, he has been vulgarised as part of its encyclopedic material, he has been retailed in samples in its salerooms, splendid houses and official buildings." [1] These remarks by Jean...

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