John Collier (artist) John Collier by his first wife Marian, née Huxley ~1882 The Honourable John Maler Collier OBE RP ROI (27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was a leading English artist, and an author.[1] He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation.
Both his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley. He studied painting at the Munich Academy where he enrolled on 14 April 1875 (Register: 3145) at the age of 25. Collier was from a talented and successful family. His grandfather, John Collier, was a Quaker merchant who became a Member of Parliament. Jcollier.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lady Godiva by John Collier.jpg. Lilith_(John_Collier_painting).jpg (JPEG Image, 446x850 pixels) - Scaled (64.