Dahl Collings b. 1909

Also known as Dulcie Wilmott, Dulcie Collings, Mrs Geoffrey Collings
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Dahl Collings was a painter, commercial artist, graphic and exhibition designer, illustrator, costume and textile designer, photographer and documentary film-maker. Often working in partnership with her husband Geoffrey Collings, she worked in London in the late 1930s with László Moholy-Nagy
Tags: display design
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Name
Dahl Collings
Also known as:
  • Dulcie Wilmott
  • Dulcie Collings
  • Mrs Geoffrey Collings
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Other Occupation
  • Film-maker (ANZSIC code: 5511) -
  • Costume designer (ANZSIC code: 9002) -
  • Exhibition designer (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Textile designer (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Graphic designer (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924) -
  • display designer (ANZSIC code: 6924) c.1938 - London, England, UK
Tags:
display design
Birth date
1909
Birth place
Adelaide, SA
Death date
1988
Active Period
  • c.1926 - c.1982
Residence
  • c.1953 - c.1988 Sydney, NSW
  • 1950 - 1953 New York, NY, USA
  • 1939 - 1950 Sydney, NSW
  • 1935 - 1939 London, England, UK
  • 1926 - 1935 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1909 - c.1926 Adelaide, SA
Training
  • c.1926 - c.1932 J.S. Watkins Art School, Sydney, NSW [?]
  • c.1926 - c.1932 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Smith, Ure (c.1945), 'Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A Fine Line: A History of Australian Commercial Art', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Crombie, Isobel (1989), 'A documentary impulse: Australian photographer Geoffrey Collings', Art Bulletin of Victoria, Volume 29.>, <ExternalResource: (1992), 'Pioneers of Design', Sydney, NSW : Ivan Dougherty Gallery catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: (1938), 'Arts et Metiers Graphiques', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: (28 June 1938), Birmingham Post.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1939), 'Modern Publicity', London, England, UK : (1939/1940).>, <ExternalResource: (1939), 'Publicité: Edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: (29 May 1955), Sydney, NSW : Sun.>, <ExternalResource: (1982), Vogue Living : (April-May 1982).>, <ExternalResource: 'Dahl and Geoffrey Collings Design Archive', Sydney, NSW : Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum).>, <ExternalResource: (1950), 'Lilliput', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Profile of the designer on return from Britain. . Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1938, p.22 (illustrated)>, <ExternalResource: Veronica Bremer, "Dahl Collings (1909–1988) and Her Itinerary: Australia, England, and Back" pp.46-64 in MOMOWO Women Designers, Craftswomen, Architects and Engineers between 1918-1945. Series Women’s Creativity, 1, 2017.>] [<ExternalResource: Smith, Ure (c.1945), 'Australia'.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A Fine Line: A History of Australian Commercial Art', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Crombie, Isobel (1989), 'A documentary impulse: Australian photographer Geoffrey Collings', Art Bulletin of Victoria, Volume 29.>, <ExternalResource: (1992), 'Pioneers of Design', Sydney, NSW : Ivan Dougherty Gallery catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: (1938), 'Arts et Metiers Graphiques', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: (28 June 1938), Birmingham Post.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1939), 'Modern Publicity', London, England, UK : (1939/1940).>, <ExternalResource: (1939), 'Publicité: Edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques', Paris, France.>, <ExternalResource: (29 May 1955), Sydney, NSW : Sun.>, <ExternalResource: (1982), Vogue Living : (April-May 1982).>, <ExternalResource: 'Dahl and Geoffrey Collings Design Archive', Sydney, NSW : Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum).>, <ExternalResource: (1950), 'Lilliput', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Profile of the designer on return from Britain. . Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1938, p.22 (illustrated)>, <ExternalResource: Veronica Bremer, "Dahl Collings (1909–1988) and Her Itinerary: Australia, England, and Back", doi: 10.3986/momowo2013420208 2017.>]