A Life of Line and Light Harold Missingham, known to many as Hal, lived a life defined by the precision of the engraver’s tool and the expansive vision of the gallery director. Born in Claremont, Western Australia, his early years were marked by the sudden loss of his father in a mining accident, an event that redirected his path from formal schooling toward a practical apprenticeship. By age fourteen, he was working with J. Gibney an…