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| More About Tony Hart |
| Tony undertook formal art training at the Maidstone Art College, where he graduated in 1950. His first job was as a display artist with a well-known West End store. He saw no future in that, and became a freelance artist, sharing a horrid basement flat with his brother Michael (who went on to become a tv producer and director) often painting murals on restaurant walls in return for free meals. Tony Hart's luck changed when, in 1952, he met a tv producer at a party and was invited to come for an interview. After demonstrating his skill by drawing a fish on a BBC paper napkin - which had been provided with his coffee - he was engaged as the resident artist on the BBC/Children's tv programme Saturday Special. The rest is history. |
You'd be hard pushed to find a medium that Tony Hart hasn't used at one time or other! Children and adults alike have been inspired by his work. So where did it all begin? Tony Hart was born in Maidstone, Kent. His Prep School was All Saints Resident Choir School, Margaret Street, London W1. His public school was Clayesmore , where he was an active member of the cadet force. The war was still on when he left Clayesmore in 1944. He wanted to become an air gunner in the RAF, but a slight defect in one eye made it impossible for him to be assigned flying duties, and so he decided to follow in his father's footsteps, and entered the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the 1st Gurkha Rifles, where he served until he was demobilised after the granting of independence to India in 1947 |
| Tony receives emails from all over the world. Despite the great variety of skills as an artist that he demonstrated in his television programmes, and his many, prestigious awards, he remains a modest and quiet man with wonderful charm and impeccable manners. He describes himself as a 'Jack of all trades' - yes Tony, but master of all of them! |
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