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Abstract painter and teacher, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, studying at the College of Art there. Awarded a travelling scholarship to Paris in 1953. From 1956–64 Harris worked and lived in St Ives, Cornwall, then taught painting at Harris College, Preston. Returned to St Ives in 1965. Exhibitions included Passmore Edwards Gallery in Newlyn, Penwith and Fore Street Galleries in St Ives, Plymouth City Art Gallery and New Art Centre. In 1963 he shared an exhibition with Jane Beeson at Rowan Gallery, in 1965 having a solo exhibition at Mowan Gallery, Manchester. The City Art Gallery there holds works by him, and Arts Council has his oil on board Black, Grey and White, of 1959. In the 1970s Harris moved to Australia with his second wife, the Australian artist Gwen Leitch, where he taught and painted.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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