Dahl Collings b. 1909

Also known as Dulcie Wilmott, Dulcie Collings, Mrs Dahl 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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Citations

  • Smith, Ure (c.1945), 'Australia’.

  • Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A Fine Line: A History of Australian Commercial Art’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Crombie, Isobel (1989), 'A documentary impulse: Australian photographer Geoffrey Collings’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, Volume 29.

  • (1992), 'Pioneers of Design’, Sydney, NSW : Ivan Dougherty Gallery catalogue.

  • (1938), 'Arts et Metiers Graphiques’, Paris, France.

  • (28 June 1938), Birmingham Post.

  • (c.1939), 'Modern Publicity’, London, England, UK : (1939/1940).

  • (1939), 'Publicité: Edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques’, Paris, France.

  • (29 May 1955), Sydney, NSW : Sun.

  • (1982), Vogue Living : (April-May 1982).

  • 'Dahl and Geoffrey Collings Design Archive’, Sydney, NSW : Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum).

  • (1950), 'Lilliput’, London, England, UK.

  • Profile of the designer on return from Britain. . Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 1938, p.22 (illustrated)

See also

  • 'Section 6, plate 249'.
  • 'Textile Design 1950-53, gouache and ink on paper (Powerhouse Museum): listed in Baddeley.'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Other occupations
  • 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
  • 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)
Tags
  • display design
Alternative names
  • Dulcie Wilmott
  • Dulcie Collings
  • Mrs Dahl Collings
  • Dulcie Wilmott
  • Dulcie Collings