Alexandrina Robertson Harris

Alexandrina Robertson Harris (1886–1978) was a Scottish-born American painter of portrait miniatures. Harris was born in Aberdeen but later emigrated to the United States. She studied at Adelphi College, receiving while there a number of prize for her work. From 1933 until 1935 she was president of the National Association of Women Artists, in which role she advocated for the position of the arts in American life. She was serving as president of the American Society of Miniature Painters at its disbandment in 1965, and in conjunction with Rosina Cox Boardman arranged the presentation of twenty-two works by its members to the Smithsonian Institution. Harris was serving as a vice-president of the in 1919; three years later she received the Charlotte Richie Smith Memorial Prize for a portrai

Alexandrina Robertson Harris

Alexandrina Robertson Harris (1886–1978) was a Scottish-born American painter of portrait miniatures. Harris was born in Aberdeen but later emigrated to the United States. She studied at Adelphi College, receiving while there a number of prize for her work. From 1933 until 1935 she was president of the National Association of Women Artists, in which role she advocated for the position of the arts in American life. She was serving as president of the American Society of Miniature Painters at its disbandment in 1965, and in conjunction with Rosina Cox Boardman arranged the presentation of twenty-two works by its members to the Smithsonian Institution. Harris was serving as a vice-president of the in 1919; three years later she received the Charlotte Richie Smith Memorial Prize for a portrai