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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Spring

Oil painting. (State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW: ZML 690, presented by artist 1972).

 
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(Original book illustrations formerly in Museum of Childhood and A&R collections, caricatures)

State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW (PxA30).

 
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(Caricatures)

State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW (Px*D498/12-17).

 
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'Henry Kendall and his brother in the bush cradle'
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(Ray Mathew in Italy)
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Freda Thompson after her flight from England to Australia
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(Bookplates)
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
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Thieves
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