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Arthur Harris (21 April 1871 - 4 February 1922) was a Scottish painter.

Life
His father was Arthur Baird Harris (27 October 1832 - 12 July 1907), an auctioneer and appraiser, from Newport in Forgan, Fife.

His mother was Jeannie Baker Tress (born c. 1842) from Edinburgh. Arthur and Jeannie married in 1869 in Perth.

Arthur Harris was born on 21 April 1871 in Dundee.

He married Kate McKay Cumming (18 April 1871 - 1955) from Kinross, on 29 March 1895 in Perth. She remarried on 12 May 1905 in Edinburgh. The new marriage certificate stated widow but in fact she had sought and obtained a divorce from Arthur Harris at the Court of Session in Edinburgh in 1900. She claimed that Arthur Harris was frequently drunken and abusive to her. They had a child in the marriage; Kate McKay Cumming claimed that since their split Harris had shown no interest in their child and Harris was ordered to pay 10 shillings per week in alimony.

Death
He died on 4 February 1922 in Dundee.