Albert Collins b. 1883 New Zealand

  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Perhaps best known as 'Uncle Joe' from the ABC's 'Children's Hour', Collins was a painter, designer and teacher who worked at SCEGGS Redlands when Alison Rehfisch was a student there.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Albert Collins
Birth date
1883
Birth place
New Zealand
Death date
1951
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1928- c.1930 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1883 New Zealand
Other Occupation
  • Designer
  • Teacher
Active Period
  • c.1928- c.1930
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

Painter, teacher and designer, was born in New Zealand. Is said to have been a partner in the Smith and Julius studios. He taught painting, applied arts and design at a number of schools and colleges in Sydney and was art master at SCEGGS Redlands when Alison Rehfisch was a student there. He designed a poster for ANTA, The World’s Loveliest Harbour, Sydney, Australia 1930 (NGA). He also painted landscapes; Bridget McDonnell offered his oil painting, The Old Dairy, Kangaroo Valley, N.S.W. inscribed 'To Will Ashton [q.v.] with regards, Jan. 30, 1928’ for sale in May 2001. Rachel Power remarks that 'his performances on the ABC’s Children’s Hour made his character 'Uncle Joe’ a household name.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Muriel Warren Cornish
1893
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Olive Crane
1895
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Valerie Panton
Artist
associate of
Alison Rehfisch
1900
Artist
associate of
Bertha Sloane
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Grace Cossington Smith
1892
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
The World's Loveliest Harbour, Sydney, Australia
Date
1930
The Old Dairy, Kangaroo Valley, N.S.W
Date
1928
Collections
Citations:
  • Power, Rachel, (2002), Alison Rehfisch, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Beagle Press, (pp. 29-30, 33))
  • (2001), Early Australian Painters, (Place: Carlton, Vic : Bridget McDonnell Gallery, catalogue of exhibition 25 May-15 June 2001 (cat 36 ill.))
  • Hetherington, Michelle, (1999), Follow the Sun: Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s, (Place: Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia)