COLLAET COLLART, Mine. MARIE, born in Brus- sels ; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medals : Paris, 1870, 3d class, 1878. Works : Winter, Autumn (1868); The Source, Bake- room (18G9) ; Sunday Morning, Orchard (1870) ; Old Orchard, Winter Evening (1872); Farm Yard at Dunkirk (1873) ; Peas- ant's Garden at Beersel Belgium, Old Beersel Road in Winter (1874); View at Cal- voet 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 Argen- tiere (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 Lo- raine (1885). His wife, Marion Collier, daughter of Prof. Huxley, is also a painter of promise. Her Coming Tragedian was ex- hibited 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); Daph- nis and Chloc (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, j 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.
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COLLTNGWOOD, WILLIAM, born at Greenwich, England, in 1819. Landscape painter, water-colours ; pupil of J. D. Har- ding ; first exhibited in 1839 ; elected associ- ate of Society of Painters in Water-Colours in 1855. Paints chiefly mountain scenery and interiors. Works : Cloud-Caps from Summit of Suowdon, Sunset from the Rigi, Sunday at Haddon Hall, Lake of Como, Mauvais Pas, Mont Blanc, Ludlow Castle. COLLINS, WILLIAM, born in London, Sept. 18, 1788,' died there, Feb. 17, 1847. Son of a picture deal- er ; student at Royal Academy in 1807-14 ; be- came an A.R.A. in 1814, and R, A. in 1820. Paint- ed chiefly land- scapes with rustic groups. After visit- ing 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 Catch- ers (1814); Shrimp Boys (1816); Sunrise, Fishermen coming Ashore (1817); Scene on Coast of Norfolk, Bird's Nest (1818); Watch- ing 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 Depart- ure (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- 314
