Josephine Harris

Josephine Margaret Harris (16 February 1931 – 28 September 2020) was a British glass engraver and painter.

Early life Harris was born on 16 February 1931. Her father (Major Percy Harris) was a British Army officer and the family moved frequently. She was educated mainly by governesses, but she also attended the York School of Art while they lived in the city. After the end of the Second World War, the family settled in Saltash, Cornwall, and she attended Moorfield School for Girls, a private school in Plymouth, from 1946 to 1948.

Artistic career In 1948, she enrolled at the Plymouth College of Art, where she learnt a careful observation of detail and skilful drawing under William Mann. In 1996, she had a brain cyst removed.

Harris died on 28 September 2020, aged 89, having become frail in later life.