George Frederick Harris (painter)

George Frederick Harris (30 October 1856 – 14 June 1924) was a Welsh portrait and landscape painter.

[1][2][3] Harris lived in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales for most of his life, before emigrating to Australia in 1920.

[1] Harris married Jemima Reid Bowmen in Chelmsford, Essex, UK in August 1882.

[6] Among George's notable descendants are his daughter Pixie O'Harris, a children's book author and illustrator, and his grandson Rolf Harris,[4] an entertainer, musician and painter.

[8] The Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil holds a collection of portraits by George Frederick Harris.