Fonds F1758 - Alan Caswell Collier fonds

Allan C. Collier, photographer and artist, born March 19, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, attended Harbord College Institute (Toronto Ont.); The Ontario College of Art; A.O.C.A., 1933, and The Art Students League, New York City. He has maintained his own studio in Toronto since 1946. Mr. Collier has taught art at the Ontario College of Art, 1955-1966; his paintings have been exhibited with The Ontario Society of Artists since 1934. Other places showing his art have been: The Royal Canadian Academy; The Montreal Spring Show; The Hamilton Winter Show; The First and Third Canadian Biennial; The National Gallery; Hart House, Canadian Portraits; The London (Ont.) Museum and Art Gallery; The Art Gallery of Toronto; The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; The Art Gallery of Hamilton; The Frye Art Museum, Seattle 1964; Seagram Cities of Canada series, and many private and business collections. One man shows exhibiting his works were: 1951 and 1957 at The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto; 1956 to 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965 at Roberts Gallery, Toronto; Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Wash., 1964. His mural paintings were shown in the Bank of Canada Bldg., and The Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Toronto). He was the President of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1958-1961. He served in the Second World War in the Canadian Army in the survey section.