Harry Parker

Harry Parker is a painter and writer whose work draws on his experiences in the British Army. He studied art and art history, and his debut novel Anatomy of a Soldier was published in 2016.
  • Alumni
  • Tutor
  • 2015
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Role

Tutor, Drawing Year Alumni, 2015

Biography

Harry Parker grew up in Wiltshire and completed a Foundation Degree at Falmouth College of Art before going on to study History of Art at University College London, where he focussed on post-1945 abstract expressionism. Harry joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009, before going on to work as a civil servant. He now works as a painter and writer, his first novel Anatomy of a Soldier (2016) is published by Faber and Faber.

Artwork

Fleet Street Looking South

Fleet Street Looking South

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London

London

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Tree 1

Tree 1

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After Rubens: Samson and Delilah

After Rubens: Samson and Delilah

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Legs

Legs

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