Artist: James Collinson (1825 - 1881)
Nationality: British
Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Media: Painting
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Biography:
James Collinson was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He abandoned the group two years after it’s founding because he thought it contradicted his Roman Catholic faith. Collinson began training to become a priest in 1852 but returned to painting two years later.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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James Bard - Steamship James Fisk, Jr. 1870 oil on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait of Sir James Burrow Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Artist: attributed to James Frothingham Title: Portrait of Rev. James M. Winchell. Date: 19th century
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James Heath James II stipple engraving 18th - 19th century
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James Beard Dog with Puppies oil on canvas 1863
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Edward Francis Burney James Thomson, frontispiece in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Joseph Jonathan Blackburn - Mrs. James Pitts 1757 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. James Cruikshank c. 1805-08 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Sir Henry Raeburn - James Cruikshank c. 1805-08 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Jeremiah Theus - James Cuthbert c. 1765 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Matthew Harris Jouett - James G. McKinney n.d. oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jacob Eichholtz - James P. Smith c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - James Munroe c. 1817 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - James Madison c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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El Greco - Portrait of St. James the Less c. 1595 oil on canvas The Hyde Collection Greek/Spanish
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Daniel Huntington - Dr. James Hall 1857 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Joseph Badger - James Bowdoin 1746-47 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Basire, Sr. One of Eight Landscapes Etching 18th - 19th century
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James Ensor The Assassination ET 1888
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James Ensor The Gendarmes ET 1888
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait of Lady Stanhope Engraving 1772
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait Of Camden Engraving 1789
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William Hamilton The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) book with 7 engravings 1802
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James Ensor Les Vents Etching 1888
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James B. Moore Untitled [Bag and two walnuts] graphite, charcoal and pastel circa 1980
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James Tissot Printemps etching 1878
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James Tissot Self Portrait oil on panel circa 1865
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Cecilia Beaux - Portrait of James V. Watson c. 1893 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Robert J. Wickenden - James Edmund Scripps 19th-20th centu oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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George Romney - Colonel James Clitherow 1784 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Gilbert Charles Stuart - Portrait of James Ward 1779 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Gilbert Stuart - Dr. James Stuart c. 1815 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art American
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E.E. Cummings - James Sibley Watson n.d. oil on pulp board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Matthew Brady - John James Audubon c. 1847-48 daguerreotype, half Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Matthew Brady - John James Audubon c. 1847-48 daguerreotype, half Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Henry Inman - Portrait of Mrs. James W. Wallack c. 1828 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Duchess de Fitz-James 1867 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Mademoiselle de Fitz-James 1867 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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The Twelve Apostles: Saints Bartholomew, Andrew, Matthew, James the Greater, Thaddeus, Philip, James the Lesser,
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Ferdinand Hodler - James Vibert, Sculptor 1907 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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James Tissot Le Dimanche Matin drypoint 1883
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James Tissot A La Fenetre etching and drypoint 1875
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James Valentine Chepstow Castle Albumen print 19th century
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James Tissot William Eglinton etching printed in red 1885
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Anonymous Portrait of James Albert Clark pen knife carving on paper 1884
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Chair, 1877-1879 Made by Herter Brothers (1864-1906)American; Made in Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, AmericaEbonized
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Gilbert Stuart Title: Portrait of James Ward Date: 1799 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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James Basire, Sr. Death Of The Virgin Engraving 18th - 19th century
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James Tissot Mon Jardin a St. John's Wood etching 1878
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James Valentine Moray House, Edinburgh albumen print circa 1850
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James Valentine Dryburgh Abbey, from East albumen print circa 1850
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James Ensor Le combat de Desir et Rissole Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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James Tissot Le Matin Mezzotint and drypoint on chine collÈ 1886
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James Tissot Le Banc de Jardin mezzotint 19th - 20th century
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James Gillray New Morality 18th - 19th century
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.III The Return etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.I The Departure etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Frontispiece etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot SoirÈe d'ÈtÈ (Summer Evening) Etching and drypoint 1882
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Charles Willson Peale - James Latimer (1720-1807) 1788-1789 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Charles Willson Peale - James Claypoole (1720-1784) c. 1783 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) c. 1770 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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Cecilia Beaux - Ethel Page (Mrs. James Large) 1884 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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William Dyce - Mrs. John Clerk Maxwell and her Son James 1832-1833 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Francisco Bayeu y Subias - Saint James being visited by the Virgin 1760 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Spanish
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Colonel Francis James Scott 1796-1811 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Henri Fantin-Latour - Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James 1867 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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noel-nicolas coypel - St. James the Greater and the Magician Hermogenes 1726 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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James Ensor Petites figures bizarres (Small Bizarre Figures) etching 1888
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.II In Foreign Climes etching & drypoint 1881
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James Tissot Les dames des chars (The Ladies of the Chariots) Etching and drypoint 1885
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James Tissot Parable of the Prodigal Son - Pl.IV The Fatted Calf etching & drypoint 1881
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John Neagle - Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton 1846 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Raeburn - Sir James Montgomery, Second Baronet of Stanhope 1804 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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James Valentine Dryburgh Abbey, the High Altar albumen print circa 1850
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John James Audubon Douglass' Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848) Watercolor, ink, graphite, and glaze on wove paper circa 1843
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James Gillray Catholic Emancipation 18th - 19th century
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James Gillray Two Pair of Portraits 18th - 19th century
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John Henry Robinson Charles James Fox 18th - 19th century
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James Tissot M. and Mme. Mauperin in Egypt, from Renee de Mauperin by E. and J. De Goncourt, Paris etching 1884
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James Melchert Untitled, pl. 7 in the portfolio, 10 West Coast Artists color lithograph 1967
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James Basire, Sr. Portrait Of Latimer, Bishop And Martyr Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Jeremiah Theus - Mary Cuthbert (Mrs. James Cuthbert) c. 1765 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Hamilton Illustration for Spring, opposite page 3 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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William Hamilton Illustration for the Hymn, opposite page 257 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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William Hamilton Illustration for Summer, opposite page 117 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801
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James McBey Buchan Etching 1914
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James McBey The Isle of Ely Etching 1915
Museum of Fine Arts -
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925 Alice Runnells James (Mrs. William James) 1921 Transparent and opaque
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James Tissot Denoisel, reading in the garden, RenÈe approaching, published in RenÈe Mauperin Etching 1884
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James Gillray Meeting of the Monied Interest 18th - 19th century
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James Gillray The Reception of the Diplomatique and his Suite, at the Court of Pekin 1792

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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University of Richmond Museums, Marsh Gallery: oots of Creativity: Landscapes by Hans Friedrich Grohs
As a young master student at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Grohs studied under Lyonel Feininger, but he left the academy in 1919 following a controversial dispute with founder Walter Gropius regarding the sacrifice of German “identity” for the increasing...
Christie's: The Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art on View at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh
The sale will also profile rare works by lesser-known artists of the Victoria period as the collection spans the key artists and the themes of the period to offer artworks to suit all levels of collecting. "The Forbes Collection of Victorian...

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