John Collier

John Collier (1850 - 1934) was a painter of pre-Raphaelism and one of the leading portraitists of his time. Collier's family was highly respected politically and artistically. Collier's education was very diverse. He first studied at the Eton School, but also went to Munich, Heidelberg, Paris and the Slade School. His teachers included Edward Poynter and Jean-Paul Laurens . Although he was officially not their student, Collier was also taught by Lawrence Alma-Tadema and John Everett Millais . influenced. From Millais, Collier adopted his somewhat unusual portrait practice. To do this, he placed canvas and model next to each other, took a few steps back, observed both from a distance, and then returned to the canvas and continued painting.