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 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.

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