Английская Википедия:George Frederick Harris (painter)
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George Frederick Harris (1856–1924) was a Welsh portrait and landscape painter. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK on 30 October 1856.[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 is one of his children who is well known as a children's book author and illustrator, and Rolf Harris,[4] who was an Australian entertainer and painter, was Harris's 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]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Birth Certificate text, Harris Family. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Rootsweb. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 "Sale of Rolf's grandfather's art", BBC News, 17 June 2005. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Art UK bio
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