Albert Henry Collings

Working in oils, water-colour, and pastel, he specialised in figure subjects and portraits, for which he received a number of official commissions.

He exhibited for many years at the Royal Society of British Artists, showing a total of 98 works and being elected a member in 1897.

[2] A picture by Collings exhibited at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1926 attracted attention in The Times reporting: A curious – and complimentary – little sidelight on the Autumn Exhibition of specially invited works at the Public Art Galleries, Brighton, is thrown by the intrusive effect of Coquette by Mr Albert H. Collings.

[3]Examples of his portraiture are at Harrow and in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Portsmouth Town Hall; but for such a fluent and relatively prolific artist, his work is now rare.

[5] He exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists what was dubbed 'a pretty head' by The Times' art critic in 1909.