Joseph Colin Francis Johnson b. 12 February 1848

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Late Colonial-era South Australian painter, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and politician. In 1884 he entered Parliament as Member for Onkaparinga and became Minister for Education in 1887-89.
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Citations

  • (1980), 'Australian Colonial Art’, East Melbourne, Vic : Deutscher Fine Art Gallery, cat. 63, Entry largely taken from catalogue.

  • Gibbs, R. M. (1983), 'Johnson, Joseph Colin Francis (1848 – 1904)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9; Nairn, Bede and Serle, Geoffrey (eds.), Melburne University Press, pp 495-496.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic. (2nd edn).

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson, 2 vols (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Adelaide, SA: Register.

  • Adelaide Punch.

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