Joseph Colin Francis Johnson Australia, 1848-1904
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About Joseph Colin Francis Johnson
Joseph Johnson was born in Adelaide in 1848 and he was educated at Geelong in Victoria and returned to Adelaide in 1868. A painter, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and politician he worked as a literary critic from 1875 to 1880 after which he became proprietor and editor of Adelaide Punch to which he contributed comic black and white sketches. His painting Euchre in the Bush c1970s was purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery in 1980 and included in the Australian Regional Galleries' official bicentennial exhibition, The Face of Australia in 1988. His work was included in the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-81. In 1884 he entered the South Australian Parliament and became Minister for Education in 1887-89. Joseph Johnson died in Adelaide in 1904.
Since 1970 we have recorded only one work being sold at auction by this artist, which was in 2013.
Joseph Colin Francis Johnson is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 554
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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