George Frederick Harris

Mrs Daniel T Daniels (1896)

George Frederick Harris (1856–1924) was a Welsh portrait and landscape painter.

Harris lived in Merthyr Tydfil for most of his life, before emigrating to Australia in 1920.[1]

Notable among his descendants is composer and painter Rolf Harris.[1]

Two of G. F. Harris's paintings, dated 1893 and 1896, were auctioned by Bonhams auctioneers in 2005.[1] There are over 40 paintings attributed to Harris now held by public bodies or in public art collections.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sale of Rolf's grandfather's art", BBC News, 17 June 2005. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  2. ↑ George Frederick Harris 1856–1926, BBC Your Paintings. Retrieved 2015-05-26.


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