Artist.
Born on a ranch at Loch Monar on 29 August 1889, one of five children of Elizabeth “Lizzie” McLaren (1859-1931) and Lachlan Collie (1858-1929), her family moved to Winnipeg in 1905. She worked for many years, starting in 1912, as a switchboard operator at the main office of the Bank of Montreal. She attended the Winnipeg School of Art (1913-1921), was active in the Winnipeg Sketch Club, and was a founding member of the Western Art Academy, serving as one of its instructors. She was skilled at pen and ink drawings and prepared many presentation scrolls, one of which was presented to the King and Queen during a Royal visit in 1939. She died unmarried at Winnipeg on 19 February 1951 and was buried with her family in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Lizzie McLaren, Lachlan Collin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Annie Rose Collin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Luchlan Collin, Elizabeth Collie], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Veteran pipe major dies of heart attack,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1929, pages 1, 7.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 21 February 1951, page 7.
The Winnipeg School of Art: The Early Years by Marilyn Baker, University of Manitoba Press, 1984, page 93.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 October 2025
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