Pixie O'Harris b. 15 October 1903

Also known as Pixie O. Harris, Rhona Olive Harris, Pat O'Harris, Mrs Pratt
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Pixie O'Harris was a mid 20th century painter, children's book illustrator, muralist, cartoonist and writer. It was the birth of her third daughter that prompted O'Harris to paint nearly 50 murals over the following 40 years in a number of children's institutions. She was awarded an MBE in 1976 for her efforts.
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Citations

  • Lovett, Charles C., ’125 landmark publications in the history of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland’.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1985), 'Loveleaves the Koala’.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1944), 'Poppy and the Gems’.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1941), 'Marmaduke the Possum’.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1941), 'The Fortunes of Poppy Treloar’.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1935), 'Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie’.

  • Harris, Pixie O. (1925), 'The Pixie O. Harris Fairy Book’.

  • Liston, Maud Rennor (1923), 'Cinderella’s Party’.

  • P., P. (1930), 'Joan Morrison and Pat [sic] O’Harris : Two young Australian art students’, Wentworth Magazine, April, p 4, Unconfirmed if Pat O’Harris is Pixie O’Harris.

See also

  • 'Aussie bathing scene 1926 (Lindesay).'.
  • 'Pixie O'Harris drawn by her father 1918, pencil Mitchell Library P2/254.'.
  • 'Self-portrait caricature, Aussie April 1925 (5th birthday issue), reproduced Heritage.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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