Alfred James Vincent b. 9 February 1874

Also known as Alf Vincent, A. Vin, Alfs
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
A Federation era Bulletin cartoonist and painter, based mainly in Melbourne, Alfred Vincent was the first visual artist to join the Melbourne Savage Club.

Citations

  • (1997), 'Fine Australian Paintings’, Sotheby’s Melbourne, VIC. Cat 442, 1997-04-28; 1997-04-29.

  • 'NSW Death Records 4673/1916’.

  • Gooding, Janda (June 1997), 'AGWA cartoon printout’, Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, .

  • Vincent, Alf (1897), 'The Career of the Colonial Premiers in England’, Melbourne, VIC, caricature anthology.

  • Stephens, A. G. (1913), 'Black-and-Whiters: IV. : Mr. Alfred Vincent’, Bookfellow, 01-01, pp 20-21, attributed author.

  • Kroger, John, 'Renniks Australian Artists’.

  • (1915), Argus, 12-08, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Dow, David M. (1947), 'Melbourne Savages : A History of the First Fifty Years of the Melbourne Savage Club’, Melbourne, VIC : Melbourne Savage Club.

  • Johnson, Joseph (1994), 'Laughter and the Love of Friends : A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club 1894-1994 and A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966’, Melbourne, VIC : Melbourne Savage Club.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1990), 'Vincent, Alfred James (1874 – 1915)’, Melbourne, ViIC: Melbourne University Press, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, pp 327-328.

  • Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery exhibition catalogue.

  • Taylor, George (1902), 'The Spirit of Caricature in the Commonwealth : with incidental remarks on Australian “Black and White”’, Commonwealth Annual 2 (1902-3), pp 31-42.

  • (1915), Australian Worker, 12-09.

  • Vincent, Alf (c.1892), 'Skits : a memento from the Tasmanian Exhibition : Launceston 1891-92’, Launceston, TAS?.

  • Melbourne Punch.

  • (1895), Melbourne Punch Almanac for 1895, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Bulletin, Sydney, NSW.

  • Vincent, Alf (1905), 'Hugh McCrae’, Sydney, NSW : in Newsletter, 08-12.

  • Vincent, Alf (1912), 'A Stroll around London’, Sydney, NSW : in Lone Hand 12, pp 103-10.

See also

  • 'David Low, 'Alf Vincent', Lone Hand 1 June 1914, 30; Alek Sass, caricature of Vincent walking along imperiously (ill. Taylor, 33).'.
  • 'cruel caricature (strutting along with golf clubs) by Low (NLA has copy of original lent by Walter Stone, plate no. NL 26118)'.
  • 'self portrait as lively young artist in evening dress smoking a cigar and carrying a sketchbook (Dow, Savage Club, 1947, p.72)'.
  • 'PORTRAIT: Self portrait top left in page of 'Melbournia', Bulletin 25 February 1899, 17, shows him dressing up as a woman in order to visit a ladies' swimming tournament'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists