George Collie

George Collie was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan and was educated at St Kevin's Metropolitan School, Blackpitts, Dublin, the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Metropolitan School of Art. In 1927 he won the Taylor Art Scholarship, which allowed him to travel. He studied art in Paris at both the Academie Colorossie and the Grande Chaumerie and in London at the Royal College of Arts. When he returned to Dublin he opened his own studio and school in Schoolhouse Lane and also taught in the National College of Art and Design. He gained a reputation as an accomplished portrait painter and President DeValera and Cardinal D'Alton were among his subjects. He also completed public commissions such as the Stations of the Cross in the Bailieborough Parish Church, Co. Caven.