Hardy Browning | |
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 Browning in his home studio c. 1970 | |
| Born | Harold Browning 5 March 1915 |
| Died | 2 November 1999 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Known for | Pottery |
Harold Browning (5 March 1915 – 2 November 1999), known as Hardy Browning, was a New Zealand miner-turned-potter: a coal miner who, after losing his job with the closure of the Dobson Mine in 1968, was retrained by the artist and teacher Yvonne Rust, and operated a successful pottery studio on the West Coast for 11 years.