© National Portrait Gallery
Portrait of John Collier (1850-1934) 'An Artist at Work'
Artist: Marion Collier (1859 - 1887)
Location: National Portrait Gallery
Date: circa 1882-1883
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 127.1 x 101.4cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £40,000)
Vendor: William Collier
Review number: 5939 (2007)
Provenance:
John Collier; by descent to William Collier.
Description:
The portrait depicts the late Victorian artist John Collier in the act of painting a portrait of his first wife, Marion Collier which closely resembles a portrait of Marion already in the collection. This is a highly unusual experiment in portraiture as Marion is painting a portrait of her husband painting a portrait of her. It evokes the domestic ambience of a couple who were part of a distinctive artistic and intellectual milieu of the period.
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