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.

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.

  • Callaway, Anita; and Kerr, Joan (1995), 'O’Harris (originally Harris), Rhona Olive (Pixie)’, Sydney, NSW : Heritage.

  • Guiffré, Guilia (1990), 'A Writing Life: Interviews with Australian women writers’, Sydney, NSW : Allen & Unwin.

  • Holden, Robert (1992), 'A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy’, Pymble, NSW : Angus & Robertson.

  • McVitty, Walter (1989), 'Authors & Illustrators of Australian Children’s Books’, Sydney : A&R.

  • Mills, Carol (1987), 'Illustrators: Pixie O’Harris’, Canberra, ACT : Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors (Canberra University Library), pp 10-20.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1983), 'Was It Yesterday?’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Paull, Kerry (curator) (1990), 'Alice 125 : A celebration of the world’s favourite book’, Melbourne, Vic : Carroll Foundation, Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne, p.214.

  • (1982), '(listed under Pratt)’, North Ryde, NSW : Who’s Who of Australian Women.

  • (2001), 'Pixie O’Harris and Kilmeny Niland’, Sydney, NSW : Artarmon Galleries.

  • McVitty, Walter (1994), 'Pixie O’Harris Murals in New South Wales Hospitals’, Sydney, NSW : National Trust NSW.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1986), 'Our Small, Safe World’, Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson.

  • de Burgh, Hazel, 'Interview with Pixie O’Harris’, Canberra ACT : National Library of Australia oral history tape.

  • '[National Gallery of Australia (australianprints.gov.au website)]’, Canberra, ACT : National Gallery of Australia.

  • Sydney, NSW: Triad.

  • Sydney Mail.

  • Sydney, NSW: Bulletin.

  • Sydney, NSW: Aussie.

  • (1932), Sydney, NSW : Ink #1, p.9.

  • Sydney, NSW: Australian Women’s Weekly.

  • Sydney, NSW: Women’s Budget.

  • O’Harris, Pixie; after Carroll, Lewis (1990), 'The Pixie Alice : Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, Melbourne, Vic : Carroll Foundation.

  • O’Harris, Pixie (1903 – 1991)

    http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0189b.htm

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