Harry Julius

Henry George "Harry" Julius (15 November 1885[1] – 29 June 1938) was an Australian commercial artist who had a long association with Sydney Ure Smith.

[3] He learned the techniques of art at the Julian Ashton Art School, where he met Sydney Ure Smith, and together founded the advertising firm of Smith and Julius, which employed around 40 commercial artists, including Percy Leason, Lloyd Rees and Roland Wakelin.

He introduced colour to the traditional Sunday comic strips section of Australian newspapers.

[1] He was the first Australian artist to successfully produce animated cartoons, which were shown in Sydney cinemas[2] during the war years.

[5] He was a noted watercolorist, and shortly before his death was exhibiting at the David Jones Gallery.