Alan Caswell Collier
Alan Caswell Collier
1911 - 1990
OSA RCA
Alan Caswell Collier was born in Toronto in 1911 and began to show an interest in art at age 12. From 1929 to 1933 he studied at the Ontario College of Art under J.E.H. Macdonald and Franklin Carmichael. He furthered his studies at the Art Student's League in New York in 1937, working at mines during the summer to fund his education.
In 1939 he found work in New York as an advertising artist, but moved back to Toronto to work as a sheet metal worker in 1942 after marrying fellow Canadian Ruth Brown the year prior. He joined the Canadian Army in 1943, and upon his return from the war in 1946 he again worked as an advertising artist in Toronto, but focused more on his painting and less on his commercial art. His landscapes are known for their well-defined sense of form and strong compositions stripped of extraneous detail.

In 1951 Collier started doing a series of paintings of underground mining, one of which is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. He was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists in 1952 and began teaching advertising art at the Ontario College of Art in 1955. The following year marked the first of many summer sketching trips taken with his family to various parts of Canada, including British Columbia. He began painting full time in 1967, and a retrospective of his work was held by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in 1971. He traveled to the High Arctic to paint with the Polar Continental Shelf Project in 1984 and 1985.

Collier died in Toronto in 1990 at the age of 79. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the Frye Museum in Seattle, among many others.
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Evening, Frobisher Bay by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $37,250
Alan Caswell Collier
Evening, Frobisher Bay
48 x 60 in, 121.9 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CDN
Sold for: $37,250 CDN (premium included)
19th & 20th Century Art on Thursday, August 29, 2024
In Davis Straight by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $28,125
Alan Caswell Collier
In Davis Straight
36 x 72 in, 91.4 x 182.9 cm
1979
oil on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $28,125 CDN (premium included)
O Canada! on Thursday, July 26, 2018
Over Ellesmere Island by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $25,000
Alan Caswell Collier
Over Ellesmere Island
30 x 50 in, 76.2 x 127 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $25,000 CDN (premium included)
20th Century & Modern Art on Thursday, November 29, 2018
Mt. Chephren, Banff by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $21,250
Alan Caswell Collier
Mt. Chephren, Banff
30 x 50 in, 76.2 x 127 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $21,250 CDN (premium included)
August 2017 - 2nd Session on Thursday, August 31, 2017
Shore of Stone: Prim Point, NS, on Bay of Fundy, Near Digby by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $19,890
Alan Caswell Collier
Shore of Stone: Prim Point, NS, on Bay of Fundy, Near Digby
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $19,890 CDN (premium included)
November 2009 - 1st Session on Saturday, November 28, 2009
Over Ellesmere Island by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $18,720
Alan Caswell Collier
Over Ellesmere Island
30 x 50 in, 76.2 x 127 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $18,720 CDN (premium included)
September 2008 - 3rd Session on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Barely a Ripple by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $16,250
Alan Caswell Collier
Barely a Ripple
30 x 50 in, 76.2 x 127 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $16,250 CDN (premium included)
August 2017 - 2nd Session on Thursday, August 31, 2017
Bow River in Banff Park (03326/284) by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $15,340
Alan Caswell Collier
Bow River in Banff Park (03326/284)
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $15,340 CDN (premium included)
June 2016 - 1st Session on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Cloud Shadows by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $15,000
Alan Caswell Collier
Cloud Shadows
30 x 40 in, 76.2 x 101.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $15,000 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art on Thursday, February 29, 2024
Cavendish Headland, P.E.I. by Alan Caswell Collier sold for $13,750
Alan Caswell Collier
Cavendish Headland, P.E.I.
30 x 20 in, 76.2 x 50.8 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,750 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, March 26, 2020