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Legacy
Collie’s legacy lives on through his work, which is represented in galleries all over the country. Collie has paintings on display in The Dublin City Gallery, the Irish Writers’ Centre, the Ulster Museum and the National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland in City Gallery of Art, Limerick. One of his most famous works of art, “A Dublin Market” depicts a fruit and vegetable market in Smithfield, Dublin. As a result of this significant painting, Collie received the Taylor Scholarship in 1927 and a grant to study abroad. This was sold at Adam’s Gallery in St. Stephen’s Green on the 2nd of June 2010 for a value of 28,000 EUR. Another famous work by Collie, “The Midday Meal” was purchased in 2009 and is currently on display at the National Gallery of Ireland, cementing his importance in the context of Irish art.

Collie has had a significant influence in the world of Irish art, as he taught other artists such as R.N. Brady and Leo Clancy. Artist Don Conroy was taught life drawing and portraiture by Collie at the National College of Art and Design. He began teaching classes at the Metropolitan School of Art (now known as NCAD) in 1930. In 1938, he opened his own art school at Schoolhouse Lane, Molesworth Street, Dublin, where he taught in for 30 years up until his death in 1975.