George Albert Harris

George Albert Harris, also known as George Harris (1913–1991), was an American painter, muralist, lithographer, and educator. He was a participant in the WPA Federal Art Project and was among the youngest artists on the mural project at Coit Tower. Harris' style is California Modernism, often working in abstraction, focusing primarily on still lifes and portraits.

Biography Harris was born in San Francisco on January 24, 1913

Harris’s 1934 Coit Tower mural called "Banking and Law" depicting the professions of banking and law, is memorable for its commentary on the economic conditions of the time. Some of the book titles that appear in the law library, such as 'Civil, Penal, and Moral Codes', are legitimate, while others list fellow muralists as authors, in a joking or derogatory manner.

In 1935, Harris was included in the seminal opening exhibition of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now called San Francisco Museum of Modern Art or SFMOMA), where he was represented with two artworks alongside many well known California Modernists of the day. In 1980, Harris moved to southern France where he painted until his death on September 25, 1991.

Legacy George Albert Harris' works are in many public collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) and Carnegie Institute.