During the 1880s and early 1890s, Harrison worked in a city-planner-like position in Nice before eventually getting a similar job in Paris, which would enable him to establish himself as artist. For it was in Paris that he at the world's fair in 1900 would establish himself as one of the "Société des artistes décorateurs". Although a wide array of other names are quoted as influential, he is rarely mentioned. This is believed to be the result of a chosen life-style, in that he did not want fame or success, but only to work in peace and quiet. Even though he is not as well known as other art déco celebrities, he is said to have been highly influential within the "Société des artistes décorateurs" and a source of inspiration of the likes of Paul Follot and Hector Guimard.