Some modern postcards published by Karizzma Collectables, reproducing earlier postcards based on artwork by Henry Coller for a series of Player’s cigarette cards issued in 1930.
Henry Coller (1886-1958) was a commercial artist and illustrator who prepared the artwork for five series of cigarette cards issued between 1928 and 1934.
Born on 21 December 1886 in Wood Green, London, Henry was the son of the Rev W E Coller. He was educated at Rusholme High School in Manchester before going on to study art at the Manchester School of Art. Later he was a member of both the Chelsea Arts and London Sketch Clubs. He was married with four children and died in 1958.
This photo of Coller in his studio was published in The Artist magazine. For more information about Coller’s life and work see the blogpost : “The Art of Henry Coller” by Gordon Howsden.
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