John Harbourne Art
Pen and ink drawings, influenced by Classic Films and Films Noir But what to draw? It was a no-brainer for me.
After 35 years working in Graphic Design and Art Directing, I re-discovered my love of drawing when I drew a portrait of Roger Eagle, manager of the world famous Eric’s club in my hometown Liverpool, a favourite haunt in my artschool days. The portrait was very popular (sold to a private buyer) and I enjoyed the experience so much that I wanted to continue the momentum. I’ve had a lifelong love of
The story so far: the first of 4 gallery reels showcasing old and new works.
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04/04/2024
The great Marlon Brando was born 100 years ago. Here's my interpretation of On The Waterfront, for which Brando deservedly won his first Oscar. Still in my Top 5 movies and one of my most popular drawings.
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20/02/2024
On what would have been Lee Marvin's 100th birthday, here he is as the nasty Vince Stone getting his comeupance in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953).
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12/02/2024
For new followers who may want to know more about me, my artwork and how I got started, here’s an interview with writer and film maker David Koenig.
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INTERVIEW: artist John Harbourne! I am always looking for new artists to check out and on Instagram I came across this amazing artwork in a film noir vein. After some communication with artist John Harbourne of Liverpool, England, …
08/02/2024
This is great. I'm doing some visual research for my next drawing: The Window (1949). Here you can enter a virtual New York tenement block, with lots of background history
Millions of Americans can trace their ancestry back to tenements like this one. A virtual photogrammetry tour of the Tenement Museum in New York and how the lives of immigrants were affected by disease, public health, and housing laws.
04/02/2024
I've hit a milestone today! Thanks to all of you who have followed and supported me over this past year
29/01/2024
Body and Soul, 1947. John Garfield as Charley Davis in Robert Rossen’s boxing Noir. Prints available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide
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26/01/2024
Watched the great On The Waterfront this evening. Released 70 years ago and still in my Top 5. Brando deservedly won an Oscar, as did Kazan for Best Director and Eva Marie Saint for Best Supporting Actress. A great score by Leonard Bernstein, plus what a supporting cast: Lee J Cobb, Rod Steiger, Karl Marlden....there's more to this than I thought, Charley. I'm telling ya there's a lot more....
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23/01/2024
Work in progress. John Garfield as Charley Davis in Robert Rossen’s boxing Noir, Body and Soul, 1947.
09/01/2024
It's always nice to receive a shot of one of my prints in a room setting – here's another one from last year. Thanks Tara, it looks very stylish.
Laura and Laura 2: McPherson prints available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide
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06/01/2024
Happy Noir Year! It's always nice to receive a shot of one of my prints in a room setting. Thanks Hannah, it looks great in your lovely bohemian home.
A Streetcar Named Desire prints available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide
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04/01/2024
Remembering Ray Milland, born on January 3, 1907. Milland starred in classic Films Noir such as Ministry of Fear and The Big Clock, as well as my favourite The Lost Weekend – for which he won an Oscar
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20/12/2023
To all those who have followed and supported me over the past year, watch those mean streets & nightmare alleys and have a great time!
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02/12/2023
Don't be like Charlie, order prints early for Christmas. Cut-off date for the US and Canada is 17 December as they are sent by Express Courier. The Rest of the World cut-off is 13 December.
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28/11/2023
100th birthday remembrance for Gloria Grahame, (November 28, 1923), one of the top Noir stars and my favourite Femme Fatale.
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06/11/2023
Roger Ebert defines Fim Noir:
1. A French term meaning "black film," or film of the night, inspired by the Series Noir, a line of cheap paperbacks that translated hard-boiled American crime authors and found a popular audience in France.
2. A movie which at no time misleads you into thinking there is going to be a happy ending.
3. Locations that reek of the night, of shadows, of alleys, of the back doors of fancy places, of apartment buildings with a high turnover rate, of taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all.
4. Ci******es. Everybody in film noir is always smoking, as if to say, "On top of everything else, I've been assigned to get through three packs today." The best smoking movie of all time is 'Out of the Past,' in which Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas smoke furiously at each other. At one point, Mitchum enters a room, Douglas extends a pack and says, "Cigarette?" and Mitchum, holding up his hand, says, "Smoking."
5. Women who would just as soon kill you as love you, and vice versa.
6. For women: low necklines, floppy hats, mascara, lipstick, dressing rooms, boudoirs, calling the doorman by his first name, high heels, red dresses, elbowlength gloves, mixing drinks, having gangsters as boyfriends, having soft spots for alcoholic private eyes, wanting a lot of someone else's women, sprawling dead on the floor with every limb meticulously arranged and every hair in place.
7. For men: fedoras, suits and ties, shabby residential hotels with a neon sign blinking through the window, buying yourself a drink out of the office bottle, cars with running boards, all-night diners, protecting kids who shouldn't be playing with the big guys, being on first-name terms with homicide cops, knowing a lot of people whose descriptions end in "ies," such as bookies, newsies, junkies, alkys, jockeys and cabbies.
8. Movies either shot in black and white, or feeling like they were.
9. Relationships in which love is only the final flop card in the poker game of death.
10. The most American film genre, because no society could have created a world so filled with doom, fate, fear and betrayal, unless it were essentially naive and optimistic.
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09/10/2023
The Maltese Falcon was released 82 years ago this week.
Still my most popular print, available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide.
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09/09/2023
On what would have been Jane Greer's birthday, cover art by yours truly for David Koenig's COEURS NOIRS: Film Noir Newsprint Advertising of the 40's & 50's. Available worldwide through Amazon. A must-have for any lover of Film Noir, art and graphics
01/09/2023
Just watched a great documentary on Sky Arts – Classic Movies: The Story Of The Third Man. A masterpiece of film and subject of one of my most popular drawings. Prints available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide
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13/08/2023
Happy Birthday Hitch! Alfred Hitchcock, born on this day in 1899.
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06/08/2023
Remembering director John Huston, born 5 August 1906. Still my most popular print: The Maltese Falcon. Available in 2 sizes and shipped worldwide.
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02/08/2023
The Night of the Hunter, released this week in 1955.
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30/07/2023
These were the most popular prints on my website for July.
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29/07/2023
Just Sold! This framed, signed A3 print of The Lost Weekend.
If you are local to Merseyside, pop along to Mersey Arts Zone to catch their latest exhibition.
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15/07/2023
My portrait of Roger Eagle on what would have been his birthday. RIP big man. Not on my website, if you are interested in a print please send me a PM
12/07/2023
The Wrong Man (1956), starring Henry Fonda as Manny Balestrero. A classic Hitchcock theme of an innocent man accused of a crime – except this is based on a true case of mistaken identity.
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04/07/2023
Work in progress, almost finished. Henry Fonda as Manny Balestrero in Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man, 1956.
Tap on it to see the full image – can you guess what will be the finishing touches?
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