Marian Collier (painter)
Marian "Mady" Collier
Biography
Marian 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
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78589-331-5.
- ^ "Marian Collier (119643)". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-15865-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-226-72011-1.
- ^ Jan, Marsh. "NPG 6032; Marian Collier (née Huxley) - Portrait Extended". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ISBN 978-93-5018-041-9.
- ISBN 978-0-313-36287-3.
- 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.