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Lot no. 2561
John Collier Circe Oil on canvas. 133 x 219 cm. Signed and dated lower left: John Collier 1885. Provenance Auction Christie's, London, 22.6.1990, Lot 80. - Private collection, Rhineland. Exhibitions World Exhibition Chicago, 1893. John Collier was born in London as the son of a respected judge and lawyer who was raised to nobility to become Lord Monkswell. Collier was educated at Eton and at first considered a career as a diplomat before deciding to work as an artist. He was trained at the Slade School of Art under Sir Edward Poynter, in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens, and in Munich. His supporters also included Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Sir John Everett Millais. The latter greatly encouraged Collier in his career, and his influence can be observed in many of the younger artist's works. Collier painted over 1,000 paintings throughout his career and exhibited 160 pieces at the Royal Academy. Collier was a talented portraitist and depicted many of the most important personalities of his era, including Charles Darwin, George Bernard Shaw, and Lord Kitchener. Although portrait painting was a very lucrative line of business for him and Collier became one of the 24 founding members and later vice president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, he was primarily known for large-format narrative pieces such as the present canvas. The work depicts Circe, the seductive enchantress from Homer's Odyssey. The back of the stretcher bears a label of the Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition of 1893 as well as several shipping labels. John Collier Kirke Öl auf Leinwand. 133 x 219 cm. Signiert und datiert unten links: John Collier 1885. Provenienz Auktion Christie's, London, 22.6.1990, Lot 80. - Rheinische Privatsammlung. Ausstellungen Weltausstellung Chicago, 1893. John Collier wurde in London als Sohn eines angesehenen Richters und Anwalts geboren, welcher als Lord Monkswell in den Adelsstand erhoben wurde. John wurde in Eton ausgebildet und zog eine Karriere in der Diplomatie in Betracht, entschied sich dann jedoch dafür Künstler zu werden. So genoss er eine Ausbildung an der Slade School of Art bei Sir Edward Poynter sowie in Paris bei Jean-Paul Laurens und in München. Auch Lawrence Alma-Tadema und Sir John Everett Millais zählten zu seinen Förderern. Letzterer ermutigte Collier stetig in seiner Arbeit und sein Einfluss ist in vielen seiner Werke spürbar. Auch Lawrence Alma-Tadema unterstützte den jungen Collier, der zu Lebzeiten mindestens tausend Bilder malte und 160 Gemälde in der Royal Academy ausstellte. Collier war ein talentierter Portraitmaler und stellte viele der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten seiner Zeit dar, darunter Charles Darwin, George Bernard Shaw und Lord Kitchener. Obwohl die Portraitmalerei sehr lukrativ für ihn war und er einer der 24 Gründungsmitglieder der Royal Society of Portrait Painters und deren Vizepräsident wurde, waren es Colliers große und erzählerischen Gemälde, die ihm Ruhm und Reichtum einbrachten, wie das uns vorliegende Werk mit der Darstellung der männerbezirzenden Zauberin Kirke aus Homers Odyssee. Verso befindet sich auf dem Keilrahmen ein Etikett der Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition 1893 sowie Speditionsetiketten.
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