Peter Collis Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1929 - d. 2012

Collis is a master landscape artist and still life painter who studied drawing and painting at the College of Art in London between 1949 and 1952. After college, he moved to Ireland to paint the Irish landscape. His canvasses are characterized by a powerful and dramatic style under the painterly influence by both Cezanne and Vlaminck. In 1990 he was elected to full membership in the Royal Hibernian Academy and in 2002 was conferred a senior member of that Academy. He has received many awards, including the Royal Trust Co. Lt. Award in 1975, the Maurice MacGonigal Landscape Prize of 1981 and the James Adam Salesroom Award, RHA of 1999, to name a few. Peter Collis has displayed his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions. His paintings are represented in many public collections, including: Limerick University University; College Dublin, Engineering Faculty; National Self-Portrait Collection; Commissioner of Public Works. Collis paintings are also owned by many private collections worldwide, including Bono of U2.