An exhibition of artworks from a pivotal figure in the history of Malaysian art - - In March this year, Peter Harris, who was instrumental in the early blossoming of Malayan art in the 1950s, passed away after a bout of illness, just five weeks shy of his 86th birthday. In honour and remembrance of this man and his works, The Art Gallery Penang is holding a memorial exhibition at Art Salon @ Seni Mont’ Kiara in Kuala Lumpur. On display are artworks produced in the 1950s during Harris’ time in Malaya all the way to more recent ones he did in the early 2000s
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Peter Harris Memorial Exhibition Official Opening Launch
The Art Gallery, Penang
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Art pioneer
by Ooi Kok Chuen
The Star Online, Thursday March 19, 2009
Peter Barton Harold Harris (1923-2009)
A tribute to the man who laid the foundation of early art education in the then Malaya. PETER Barton Harold Harris, who laid the foundations of early art education in the country, passed away on March 14 – five weeks short of his 86th birthday. He had been warded at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, England, for three weeks for a chest infection.
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A tribute to art mentor Peter HarrisBy YIP YOKE TENG
The Star Online, Friday June 26, 2009
A painting titled `The Other Side of the Lake’.
THE faces of Malaya in the 1950s, captured by the mentor of many important local artists, are currently being exhibited at the Art Salon@Seni Mont Kiara.
The memorial exhibition is a tribute to Peter Harris, who came to Malaya in 1951 to be the art superintendent in the Ministry of Education.
He was the founder of the Wednesday Art Group and with immense dedication, groomed and inspired many members in the group to become the heavyweights they are now in the local art scene.
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