Harold Thornton

Harold Leslie Thornton, also known as "Harold The Kangaroo Thornton" and the self-proclaimed "Greatest Genius Who Ever Lived" (born 26 August 1915, Enfield, New South Wales; died on 3 April 2004) was an Australian artist.

His father was John Nicholas Thornton, a tram conductor (born 1879 Lambton, NSW, died 1942 in Burwood), his mother was Anne (née Burgess, born 1885 Enfield, died 1953 Enfield).

But Harold himself would have rejected any classification of his art and was once quoted as saying ‘…What do I paint: I have many styles, and change to suit the subject.

He painted a mural on the 1st cannabis coffee shop, The Bulldog Nr.

Information sourced from Family History Records kept by Chris Osborne, great-nephew.