George Frederick Harris
Self Portrait, George Frederick Harris, 1908
Born	(1856-10-30)30 October 1856 Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Died	14 June 1924(1924-06-14) (aged 67) Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Welsh, Australian
Known for	Painting, drawing
Spouse	Rosetta Elizabeth Harris
Relatives	Pixie O'Harris (daughter), Rolf Harris (grandson)

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]

Marriage

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.

Life

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]

Collections

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]

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