John Collier (painter)
John Collier | |
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John Collier by his first wife Marian, née Huxley, 1882 | |
| Born | John Maler Collier 27 January 1850 |
| Died | 11 April 1934 (aged 84) Eton Avenue, London |
| Education | Eton; Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Pre-Raphaelite; Orientalism |
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John Maler Collier OBE ROI RP (/ˈkɒliər/; 27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was an English painter and writer. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and 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.