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George Frederick Harris (30 October 1856 – 14 June 1924) was a Welsh portrait and landscape painter. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.[1][2][3] Harris lived in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales for most of his life, before emigrating to Australia in 1920.[4] He died in Sydney, Australia[1][2] of myocarditis and pneumonia.[1]
George Frederick Harris | |
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Born | Birmingham, West Midlands, UK | 30 October 1856
Died | 14 June 1924 67) Sydney, Australia | (aged
Nationality | Welsh, Australian |
Known for | Painting, drawing |
Spouse | Rosetta Elizabeth Harris |
Relatives | Pixie O'Harris (daughter), Rolf Harris (grandson) |
Harris married Jemima Reid Harris, née Bowmen in Chelmsford, Essex, UK in August 1882.[5] They had two children Claude Harris and Ethel Harris. After Harris divorced with Jemima, he married Rosetta Elizabeth Harris, née Lucas in 1901 and had nine children.[6] Pixie O'Harris, one of his children, was well known as a children's book author and illustrator, and Rolf Harris,[4] an Australian entertainer and painter, was Harris' grandson.
Harris was a chairman and secretary of the South Wales Art Society,[7] Cadiff, Wales, and had a business of portrait and photography in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales before emigrating to Australia in 1920.[8]
The Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil is holding the collection of portraits by George Frederick Harris.[8]
Two of G. F. Harris's paintings, dated 1893 and 1896, were auctioned by Bonhams auctioneers in 2005.[4] There are over 40 paintings attributed to Harris now held by public bodies or in public art collections.[9]