John Collier
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Maler Collier, Hon. Collier, John, Hon. Collier, Hon. John Collier, John Collier (1850-1934), The Hon. John Collier, John II Collier
British Pre-Raphaelite painter and author (1850-1934)
Key facts
- Born
- John Maler Collier , 27 January 1850, Paddington , Middlesex
- Died
- 11 April 1934 (1934-04-11) (aged 84), Eton Avenue , London
- Education
- Eton; Slade School of Fine Art
- Known for
- Painter
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite ; Orientalism
- Spouses
- Marian Huxley Ethel Huxley
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Marian Collier
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Edward Poynter
- Genre
- history painting
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Official website
- www.john-collier.org
- Image
- Collier, Marian - Portrait of John Collier - circa 1882-1883.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Collier
- date of birth
- 1850-01-27
- date of death
- 1934-04-11
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
- Commons Creator page
- John Collier
- Commons gallery
- John Collier
- name in native language
- John Collier
- P12749
- Georg Groddeck
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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Encyclopedic overview
The Laboratory (1895) from Robert Browning's classic revenge poem. Now in the collection of The Arts of Imagination Foundation. John Maler Collier OBE ROI RP (/ˈkɒliər/; 27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was an English painter and writer. He was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both of his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley. He was educated at Eton College, and he studied painting in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Munich Academy starting in 1875.
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