Marian "Mady" Collier[1] (née Marian Huxley; 1859–1887)[2] also spelled as Marion Huxley, was a British 19th-century painter and is associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.[3]
Biography
editMarian Huxley was born in 1859 in London, to father Thomas Henry Huxley and mother Henrietta Anne Heathorn.[4][5] She had seven siblings, including her brother Leonard Huxley.[5] She studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.[4] Her work was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Grosvenor Gallery.[4]
On 30 June 1879 Huxley married the British writer and portrait painter, John Collier, also a Slade graduate.[1] Together they had a daughter named Joyce, their only child in 1884.[5] After the birth of Joyce, Huxley suffered from "nervous hysteria" (possibly postpartum depression) and in November 1887 she was taken to Paris for treatment with Jean-Martin Charcot, however, she contracted pneumonia and died in December 1887.[6] She had erratic behavior and possibly mental illness, which appeared to increase in symptoms before she died.[7]
After Marion died, John Collier married her younger sister Emma Huxley in 1889 in Norway.[8][9]
Collier's work can be found in museum collections, including at the National Portrait Gallery in London,[10] and the Science Museum in London.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b Sheppard, Martin (2017-03-07). For the Fourth Generation. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-78589-331-5.
- ^ "Marian Collier (119643)". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Collier, Marian". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press, Oxford Art Online. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00040551. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ a b c Hadjiafxendi, Kyriaki; Zakreski, Patricia; Valerie, Sanders (2016-05-13). "'Mady's tightrope walk': The Career of Marian Huxley Collier". Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century: Artistry and Industry in Britain. Routledge. pp. 227–242. ISBN 978-1-317-15865-3.
- ^ a b c Bashford, Alison (2022-11-23). The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution. University of Chicago Press. pp. 38, 83, 106. ISBN 978-0-226-72011-1.
- ^ Jan, Marsh. "NPG 6032; Marian Collier (née Huxley) - Portrait Extended". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Stoddart, Brian (2011). A People's Collector in the British Raj: Arthur Galletti. Readworthy. p. 7. ISBN 978-93-5018-041-9.
- ^ Moore, Randy; Decker, Mark; Cotner, Sehoya (2010). Chronology of the Evolution-creationism Controversy. ABC-CLIO. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-313-36287-3.
- ^ Palmer, Allison Lee (2019-07-26). Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-1-5381-2296-9.
- ^ "Marian Collier (née Huxley)". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Collier, Marion (1859–1887)". ArtUK.org. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
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