Mary Packer Harris b. 30 July 1891

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, printmaker, designer and embroiderer, she also wrote and published books on art and Quaker philosophy. She taught at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts 1922-1953.

Citations

  • Harris, Mary P. (1971), 'In One Splendour Spun: Autobiography of a Quaker Artist’.

  • Biven, Rachel (1986), 'Mary Packer Harris 1891-1978’, Walkerville, SA: Walkerville Town Council.

  • Hylton, Jane (1994), 'South Australian Women Artists’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.

  • Menz, Christopher (1999), 'Stained glass windows by Christian Waller’, Australian Antique Collector, December 1998-June 1999, pp.100-102.

  • Information sourced from Ferson, Mark.

See also

  • 'Heritage, section 9, plate 388'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book