Charles John Collings

Charles John Collings (1848-1931)

Charles John Collings was born in Devonshire, England in 1848. Initially self-taught, Collings began exhibiting with the Royal Academy in London as well as the International Society of Sculptors, Painters  and Engravers. Collings didn’t immigrate to Canada until he was 62, in 1910, settling in British Columbia. Collings died in Seymour Arm, BC in 1931. Collings work is represented within the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Poole Foundation (Edmonton), and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Source: MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Volume One. A-F. Canadian Paperbacks Publishing, 1997. Pp. 509a.