Biografie von Alan Caswell COLLIER (1911-1990)

Birth place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Addresses: Toronto 380, Ont

Profession: Painter

Studied: Ontario Col Art; ASL New York, with Howard Trafton.

Exhibited: First Biennial Can Art, Nat Gallery Can, 1955; Dept Can External Affairs, Nat Gallery Can, 1957; Fourth Biennial Can Art, Nat Gallery Can, 1961; Faces of Canada, Stratford, Ont, 1964; Canadian Artists '1968, Art Gallery Ont, 1968; Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ont & Kensington Gallery, Calgary, Alta 1970s

Member: Ont Soc Artists (pres, 1958-1961); Royal Can Acad Art (hon treas, 1965-1972).

Work: Nat Gallery Can, Ottawa, Ont; Art Gallery Ont, Toronto; Art Mus London, Ont; Hamilton Art Gallery, Ont; Frye Mus, Seattle, Wash. Commissions: Murals, Ryerson Polytech Inst, Toronto, 1958 & 1962; mural, Bank Can, Toronto Agency, 1959; mural, Ont Govt Bldg, Queen's Park, Toronto, 1968; many portraits, educ & bus orgn.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils. Teaching: Instr drawing & painting, Ontario Col Art, 1955-1967.