Biography: (1964 – 1997)
Harry Thuillier Jnr was born in Dublin in 1964 and studied photography in Memphis College of Art and completed a BA in Fine Art Photography in Boston before studying under Jerry Uellsmann in Florida.
He returned to Ireland in 1989. His subject matter was noted for its particular darkness, covering such subjects as ancient skulls, limbs decorated with opium pods and flowering nudes. Thuillier studied the expensive and difficult process of platinum/palladium development, a process largely forgotten by most modern day photographers. He became one of only a handful of people throughout the world who worked with this process and it would soon set him apart from other photographers to become one of Ireland’s leading exponents of fine art photography until his unexpected and death in Milan in December 1997.
Two solo exhibitions of Harry’s work were mounted at the Gallery of Photography. The Gallery wishes to record our sincere thanks to the artist’s mother, Frankie Thuillier, for her unfailing support and generosity. Thanks also to Robert at Cherry Lane Fine Arts, Delgany.
