COLLART, Mme. MARIE, born in Brussels; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medals: Paris, 1870, 3d class, 1878. Works: Winter, Autumn (1868); The Source, Bake-*room (1869); Sunday Morning, Orchard (1870); Old Orchard, Winter Evening (1872); Farm Yard at Dunkirk (1873); Peasant's Garden at Beersel—Belgium, Old Beersel Road in Winter (1874); View at Calvoet near Brussels (1875); Evening, April (1879); Mill of Calvoet, Canal of Rusbraeck (1881); Valley de la Senne (1882).
COLLIER, JOHN, born in England;
contemporary. Figure and portrait painter.
Works: The Aiguille verte—from Argentière
(1877); Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
(1881); Clytemnestra, portraits of the Lord
Chancellor, Chas. Darwin, and Sir George
Campbell (1882); portrait of Huxley (1883);
Sir George Biddell Airy (1884); Lady Loraine
(1885). His wife, Marion Collier,
daughter of Prof. Huxley, is also a painter
of promise. Her Coming Tragedian was exhibited
at Royal Academy in 1882.
COLLIN, (LOUIS JOSEPH) RAPHAEL,
born in Paris; contemporary. Figure and
portrait painter, pupil of Cabanel. Medal,
2d class, 1873; L. of Honour, 1884. Works:
Slumber (1873); Venetian Girl; Young
Girl of Basle (1874); Idyl (1875); Daphnis
and Chloë (1877); The Dance (1881);
Idyl (1882); Portraits (1883); Summer
(1884).
COLLIN DE VERMONT, HYACINTHE,
born at Versailles, January 19, 1693, died
in Paris, February 16, 1761. French school.
History painter, pupil of Jouvenet; received
into the Academy in 1725, professor in 1733,
adjunct rector in 1754. Works: Birth of
Bacchus (1725), Tours Museum; Scenes in
History of Cyrus, Descent from the Cross,
The Gods cutting the Wings of Cupid,
Judgment of Solomon (1737); Marriage of
Alexander and Roxana (1745); History of
Cyrus (33 pictures, 1751); Presentation of
the Virgin (1755), St. Louis', Versailles;
Marriage of St. Catherine, Lyons Museum.—Bellier
de la Chavignerie, I. 279.
COLLINGWOOD, WILLIAM, born at
Greenwich, England, in 1819. Landscape
painter, water-colours; pupil of J. D. Harding;
first exhibited in 1839; elected associate
of Society of Painters in Water-Colours
in 1855. Paints chiefly mountain scenery
and interiors. Works: Cloud-Caps from
Summit of Snowdon, Sunset from the Rigi,
Sunday at Haddon Hall, Lake of Como,
Mauvais Pas, Mont Blanc, Ludlow Castle.
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COLLINS, WILLIAM, born in London,
Sept. 18, 1788,
died there, Feb.
17, 1847. Son
of a picture dealer;
student at
Royal Academy
in 1807-14; became
an A.R.A.
in 1814, and R.A.
in 1820. Painted
chiefly landscapes
with rustic groups. After visiting
France, Holland, and Belgium, spent
two years in Italy in 1836-38, and gathered
material for pictures of Italian life. Though
his art was feeble, his pictures were popular
on account of the character of his subjects,
and many of them have been engraved.
Works: Blowing Bubbles (1810); Weary
Trumpeter, Young Fifer (1811); May Day
(1812); Sale of Pet Lamb (1813); Bird Catchers
(1814); Shrimp Boys (1816); Sunrise,
Fishermen coming Ashore (1817); Scene on
Coast of Norfolk, Bird's Nest (1818); Watching
for a Bite (1820); Bird Trap (1821);
Woodcutters, Clovelly—N. Devon (1822);
Fish Auction (1823); Stirling Castle, Cherry
Seller (1824); Buying Fish on the Beach,
Prawn Fishers (1825); Fisherman's Departure
(1826); Frost Scene, Buying Fish
(1827); Doubtful Weather, Freshwater Bay
(1828); Morning after Storm, Summer
Moonlight, Prawn Fishing (1829); Mussel
Gatherers (1830); Shrimpers, Morning Bath,
Nutting Party (1831); Skittle Players, Rustic
Civility (1832); Stray Kitten (1833); Rustic
Hospitality, Morning Lesson (1834); Mari-
