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Career/role in art
George Collie was a very talented Irish portrait painter and teacher. He had a very eventful career and played a significant role in Irish art. After completing his studies at St Kevin’s he went on to further his studies at the RHA where his career began to take off. In 1922 he displayed his paintings for his first exhibit and then carried them on at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin. In 1927 he was awarded the Taylor scholarship for his social realist painting "The Midday Meal" which then went on to win the year after. George returned to Ireland and taught at the Metropolitan School of Art. He opened up his own school and studio in Schoolhouse Lane behind Whyte's galleries, off Molesworth Street in Dublin where he gave individual instructions for beginners and advanced pupils in drawing, painting and pastel, still life and draped life models. George ran his school for thirty years and was teaching his students up until a few weeks before he passed away. His school was first mentioned in the 1938 RHA catalogue. George played an enormous role in Irish art. He was a role model for the people who loved it. He was best known as a portraitist in the academic style. Many people admired his work. George painted many leading figures in Irish society, among them Cardinal John Dalton, Thomas MacGreevy, Éamon de Valera and Liam Cosgrave and the group work “The first trustees of the Haverty bequest. His stations of the cross appear in the cathedral of the Assumption and Our Lady of the rosary church in Harold’s Cross. In 1957 George was involved in the Contemporary Irish Art exhibition of the flower painting at the Ritchie Hendricks Gallery in Dublin. He has also produced many religious pieces. Georges’s work was a part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 summer Olympics.

reference list
Collie, George Joseph | Dictionary of Irish Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13, 2022, from https://www.dib.ie/biography/collie-george-joseph-a1849

Dictionary of Irish Biography | Dictionary of Irish Biography. (n.d.). https://www.dib.ie/

http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/16372/the-midday-meal?ctx=f2d248de-3027-45ff-a697-bb88d196d03f&idx=3

https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/George-Collie/2438A3A5685D3254

1. Dictionary of Irish Biography 2. National Galllery of Ireland 3. Metropolitan School of art 4. Whyte's gallery 5. The cathedral of assumption 6. Our lady of the rosary church in Harold's cross