Collin figured prominently in artistic exchanges between Paris and Tokyo during the late nineteenth century as Kuroda Seiki, Kume Keiichirō, and Okada Saburōsuke, among others, studied in his studio and at the Académie Colarossi, where Collin was associated.
Collin had a significant impact on artistic exchanges between Paris and Tokyo during the late nineteenth century. Kuroda Seiki, Kume Keiichirō, Okada Saburōsuke, and others studied under him at his studio and at the Académie Colarossi.