James M. Collier
PERSONAL DATA:
Born: Bellingham, Washington, USA
Citizenship: American and Dutch
Civil Status: Married
FIELD: Portraits, ships, landscapes, cityscapes in oils and pastel or watercolor
EDUCATION:
National Academy of Design, New York, Program in painting, 1988-89
Riley League, White Plains, New York, Program in painting, 1988
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Doctor of Philosophy, Art History, 1975
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Master of Arts, Art History, 1970
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, Bachelor of Arts, History, 1965
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1987ff Self-employed artist
1993 Smithsonian Institution, Art Historian, Florence, Italy
1987 University of Georgia, Art Historian, Cortona, Italy
1985 School of Visual Arts, New York, Lecturer on Medieval Art History
1983-85 Professor, Art History, Eastern Michigan University, European Cultural (Summer) Program
1983 University of Michigan, Visiting Professor, Art History
1975-87 Auburn University, Auburn Alabama, Art Department, Associate Professor of Art History
(with tenure, Department Head, 1985-87)
1973 University of Michigan, Visiting Lecturer
1971-74 University of Michigan, Teaching Fellow, Art History
1971-72 Flint (Michigan) Institute of Arts, Visiting Lecturer
1970-71 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Visiting Lecturer, Art History
1969-70 University of Oregon, Teaching Assistant, Art History
SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS & MAJOR COMMISSIONS:
2006 Solo Exhibition, AWC of the Hague, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
2006 Solo Exhibition, Ilusion Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 Solo Exhibition, van der Steenhoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Solo Exhibition, De Kookgalerie, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
2005 Mock's City Views, Muiderberg, The Netherlands
2003-2004 "The Tall Ships," Datema-Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003-2004 Het-Portret, Naarden-Vesting, The Netherlands
2003-2004 Bij Jacqueline Ham, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Solo Exhibition, De Kookgalerie, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
2003 "Tall Ships," DelfSail 2003, Delfzijl, The Netherlands
2003 "Artists Abroad," British Society Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Mock's City Views, Naarden-Vesting, The Netherlands
2003 Solo Exhibition, Eck en Maurick, Kortenhoef, The Netherlands
1994-2000 Paintings, Marie-Louise Woltering Gallery, Amsterdam
Exhibitions: "Amsterdam Stadt aan het Water" and "Sail '95"
1994 Exhibition, Holland Casino, Valkenburg, The Netherlands
1992-94 Paintings, Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991 "Eccentric Views of Italian Architecture," Paintings, Italian Cultural Institute,Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990 ff Private commissions. Recent paintings in private
collections in the Netherlands, Italy, England, USA, Norway & Thailand
1987 Cortona, Italy, Exhibition, University of Georgia Cortona Art Program (and in Athens, Georgia, 1988)
1986 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Florence Baptistery painting exhibited in "Spazio e Colore," (Italian Exhibition)
1985 BBC Television, "The Day the Universe Changed," James Burke series, Florence Baptistery painting used in television series and in book by the same title
1986 Brooklyn, New York, Art & Cultural Association Show
1984 Williams College, Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Florence Baptistery painting in "Art & Science in Related Revolutions" Exhibition
1981 Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, reconstruction's of Jan van Eyck's Holy Lamb Altarpiece & Filippo Brunelleschi's perspective demonstration painting of the Florence Baptistery
1979 146 pen and ink portraits and scientific diagrams for Charlotte Ward's book The World of Physical Science, Holden-Day, 1979
1979 La Grange, Georgia, Chatahoochie Valley Art Association, oil paintings
1978 One Man Exhibition, Auburn University, oil paintings
1974 Jan Vermeer copies exhibited at University of Michigan
1970 Vancouver, Washington, The Quay, One-man Exhibition, paintings
1970 Newberg, Oregon, George Fox College, One-man Exhibition, paintings
PUBLICATIONS & LECTURES:
Lecture "Flemish Perspective," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (California), 1970
Lecture, "The Kansas City Petrus Christus," Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Missouri, 1977
Lectures, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama, 1977-78
Article, "The Kansas City Petrus Christus: Its Importance and Dating," The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin, Vol. V, 1978, 22-37
Lecture, "Flemish Art: Connections with Italy," Southeast College Art Association Convention, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988Article, "Brunelleschi's Baptistery Demonstration Recreated," SECAC Review,Vol X,1,Spring, 1981, 4-7
Article, "Perspective in the Arnolfini Portrait," The Art Bulletin, Vol XV, 3, 1983, 691
Article, "A New Perspective on Dirk Bouts," Pantheon, Vol I, 1984, 49-51
Article, "A self-portrait by Bartel Bruyn," Bulletin of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Vol VI, 1983-84, 56-63
Publication of Florence Baptistery painting in James Burke's book The Day the Universe Changed, BBC, 1985, 73
Article, "The 'Pearl of Brabant' Reattributed to Dirk Bouts," Pantheon, Vol XIV, 1987, 10-14
PERSONAL DATA:
Born: Bellingham, Washington, USA
Citizenship: American and Dutch
Civil Status: Married
FIELD: Portraits, ships, landscapes, cityscapes in oils and pastel or watercolor
EDUCATION:
National Academy of Design, New York, Program in painting, 1988-89
Riley League, White Plains, New York, Program in painting, 1988
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Doctor of Philosophy, Art History, 1975
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Master of Arts, Art History, 1970
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, Bachelor of Arts, History, 1965
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1987ff Self-employed artist
1993 Smithsonian Institution, Art Historian, Florence, Italy
1987 University of Georgia, Art Historian, Cortona, Italy
1985 School of Visual Arts, New York, Lecturer on Medieval Art History
1983-85 Professor, Art History, Eastern Michigan University, European Cultural (Summer) Program
1983 University of Michigan, Visiting Professor, Art History
1975-87 Auburn University, Auburn Alabama, Art Department, Associate Professor of Art History
(with tenure, Department Head, 1985-87)
1973 University of Michigan, Visiting Lecturer
1971-74 University of Michigan, Teaching Fellow, Art History
1971-72 Flint (Michigan) Institute of Arts, Visiting Lecturer
1970-71 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Visiting Lecturer, Art History
1969-70 University of Oregon, Teaching Assistant, Art History
SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS & MAJOR COMMISSIONS:
2006 Solo Exhibition, AWC of the Hague, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
2006 Solo Exhibition, Ilusion Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 Solo Exhibition, van der Steenhoven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Solo Exhibition, De Kookgalerie, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
2005 Mock's City Views, Muiderberg, The Netherlands
2003-2004 "The Tall Ships," Datema-Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003-2004 Het-Portret, Naarden-Vesting, The Netherlands
2003-2004 Bij Jacqueline Ham, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Solo Exhibition, De Kookgalerie, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
2003 "Tall Ships," DelfSail 2003, Delfzijl, The Netherlands
2003 "Artists Abroad," British Society Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Mock's City Views, Naarden-Vesting, The Netherlands
2003 Solo Exhibition, Eck en Maurick, Kortenhoef, The Netherlands
1994-2000 Paintings, Marie-Louise Woltering Gallery, Amsterdam
Exhibitions: "Amsterdam Stadt aan het Water" and "Sail '95"
1994 Exhibition, Holland Casino, Valkenburg, The Netherlands
1992-94 Paintings, Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991 "Eccentric Views of Italian Architecture," Paintings, Italian Cultural Institute,Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990 ff Private commissions. Recent paintings in private
collections in the Netherlands, Italy, England, USA, Norway & Thailand
1987 Cortona, Italy, Exhibition, University of Georgia Cortona Art Program (and in Athens, Georgia, 1988)
1986 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Florence Baptistery painting exhibited in "Spazio e Colore," (Italian Exhibition)
1985 BBC Television, "The Day the Universe Changed," James Burke series, Florence Baptistery painting used in television series and in book by the same title
1986 Brooklyn, New York, Art & Cultural Association Show
1984 Williams College, Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Florence Baptistery painting in "Art & Science in Related Revolutions" Exhibition
1981 Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, reconstruction's of Jan van Eyck's Holy Lamb Altarpiece & Filippo Brunelleschi's perspective demonstration painting of the Florence Baptistery
1979 146 pen and ink portraits and scientific diagrams for Charlotte Ward's book The World of Physical Science, Holden-Day, 1979
1979 La Grange, Georgia, Chatahoochie Valley Art Association, oil paintings
1978 One Man Exhibition, Auburn University, oil paintings
1974 Jan Vermeer copies exhibited at University of Michigan
1970 Vancouver, Washington, The Quay, One-man Exhibition, paintings
1970 Newberg, Oregon, George Fox College, One-man Exhibition, paintings
PUBLICATIONS & LECTURES:
Lecture "Flemish Perspective," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (California), 1970
Lecture, "The Kansas City Petrus Christus," Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Missouri, 1977
Lectures, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama, 1977-78
Article, "The Kansas City Petrus Christus: Its Importance and Dating," The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin, Vol. V, 1978, 22-37
Lecture, "Flemish Art: Connections with Italy," Southeast College Art Association Convention, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988Article, "Brunelleschi's Baptistery Demonstration Recreated," SECAC Review,Vol X,1,Spring, 1981, 4-7
Article, "Perspective in the Arnolfini Portrait," The Art Bulletin, Vol XV, 3, 1983, 691
Article, "A New Perspective on Dirk Bouts," Pantheon, Vol I, 1984, 49-51
Article, "A self-portrait by Bartel Bruyn," Bulletin of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Vol VI, 1983-84, 56-63
Publication of Florence Baptistery painting in James Burke's book The Day the Universe Changed, BBC, 1985, 73
Article, "The 'Pearl of Brabant' Reattributed to Dirk Bouts," Pantheon, Vol XIV, 1987, 10-14