Louis Charles Collier ARCA (from c 1925)
Born 26 February 1886
Active: 1921 - 1950
Teacher of metal work, jewellery and wood carving, sculptor
Works
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Bowl
1923 (Presumed)
Head of a Boy
1930 (Presumed)
Carved Head in Mahogany
1935 (Presumed)
Chalice and Paten
1935 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 9 Stockhill Circus Old Basford Nottingham | View on map
1923 (Presumed)
Address 39 Marlborough Road Woodthorpe Nottingham | View on map
1930 (Presumed)
Address Runnymede 5 Covedale Road Nottingham | View on map
1935 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1930
'Head of a Boy'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1935
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1923
'Bowl '
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant principal of Nottingham School of Art
1940 - 1950 (Presumed)
Assistant teacher of modeling at School of Modelling and Sculpture
1943 - 1945
Student at Nottingham School of Art
September 1906 - July 1911
See 'Register of Full-Time Teachers, Nottingham School of Art' (c. 1889-1921), index no. 1.
Teacher at Nottingham School of Art
January 1921
Began teaching at the School in January 1921: see 'Register of Full-Time Teachers, Nottingham School of Art' (c. 1889-1921), index no. 1. The classes that Collier taught are not listed in this register; his annual salary is listed at £315 in 1923. The list gives details of Collier's teacher training certificates and previous teaching posts at other schools, for examle, from Sept. 1915 to Feb. 1916 he taught at a 'Secondary School, Long Eaton Derbyshire'.
Teacher of design at Nottingham School of Art
1940 - 1950 (Presumed)
Listed as the Head of the School of Design.
Teacher of metal work at Nottingham School of Art
1921 - 1935
Teacher of a course in 'Metal Work in Jewellery'. His appointment is recorded in the 1921 'Annual Report of the Castle Museum and School of Art Committee'.
Teacher of woodcarving at Nottingham School of Art
1921 (Presumed) - 1936
Teacher of a course in 'Wood Carving'. His appointment is recorded in the 1921 'Annual Report of the Castle Museum and School of Art Committee'.
Sources
Annual Report of the Castle Museum and School of Art Committee, for the year ending 31 March 1921
3 October 1921
p. 6.
Board of Education. Register of Full-Time Teachers, Nottingham School of Art, no. 81070, c. 1889-1921 Nottingham School of Art
Unpaged, index no. 1.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1925-1926 Commencing September 14, 1925 Nottingham School of Art
14 September 1925
pp. 15-16.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1927-1928, 1927 Nottingham School of Art
1927
pp. 15-16.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1928-1929, 1928 Nottingham School of Art
1928
pp. 16-17.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1930-1931, 1930 Nottingham School of Art
1930
p. 22.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1932-1933, 1932 Nottingham School of Art
1932
p. 24.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1933-1934, 1933 Nottingham School of Art
1933
p. 21.
City of Nottingham School of Art. Prospectus for Session 1934-1935, 1934 Nottingham School of Art
1934
p. 24.
College of Art and Craft Prospectus 1948-1949, 1948 Nottingham School of Art
1948
p. 29.
College of Art and Craft Prospectus 1949-1950, 1949 Nottingham School of Art
1949
p. 6.
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, 1923
May 1923
p. 34.
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, May, 1930 Nottingham Society of Artists
May 1930
p. 19.
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, May, 1935 Nottingham Society of Artists
June 1935
p. 23.
Citing this record
'Louis Charles Collier ARCA (from c 1925)', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1226576139, accessed 30 May 2023]
