(b Brantford, Ont., 23 Oct 1885; d Vancouver, 29 Jan 1970). Canadian painter. He attended the University of Toronto in 1903 and then studied art in Berlin from 1904 to 1907. He returned to Toronto in 1908 and sketched in the 'Ward', a slum section of the city. Harris's early masterpiece, Houses, Richmond Street (1911; Toronto, A. & Lett. Club), with its flat perspective and bright colours, is characteristic of his decorative treatment of urban scenes before 1920. In 1908 Harris was a founder-member of the influential Arts & Letters Club in Toronto and in 1911 he was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists.

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