Marcus Collin

Gustaf Marcus Collin (18 November 1882, Helsinki – 22 September 1966, Kauniainen) was an artist from Finland.

He studied law, but did not want to become a civil servant in the Finland as A Grand Duchy ruled by Russia.

He made four extended trips in continental Europe, and on his fourth visit to Paris he enrolled in Académie Ranson, where he was taught by Paul Sérusier.

[1] After 1921, Collin gradually abandoned his gray and brown palette by adding more bright colours.

Many of these illustrate literature, such as the Aleksis Kivi novel Seitsemän veljestä or the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.