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1848 Chudleigh, Devonshire, England - 1931 Seymour Arm, British Columbia. Known for: Atmospheric watercolor landscape, mountain scenes and coastal views.
Charles John Collings (1848 - 1931). "A painter in water-colours, he is reputed to be in some respects the finest colorist who ever worked in Canada." (1). A prominent English and Canadian painter... Read full biography
Charles John Collings (1848 - 1931). "A painter in water-colours, he is reputed to be in some respects the finest colorist who ever worked in Canada." (1). A prominent English and Canadian painter and draftsman, Charles John Collings was born in Chudleigh, Devonshire, England and died in Seymour... Read full biography
Charles John Collings (1848 - 1931). "A painter in water-colours, he is reputed to be in some respects the finest colorist who ever worked in Canada." (1). A prominent English and Canadian painter and draftsman, Charles John Collings was born in Chudleigh, Devonshire, England and died in Seymour Arm (on Shuswap Lake), British Columbia, where he had lived since coming to Canada in 1910. A wealthy recluse, he lived in what is even now (2015) considered a rather remote part of Canada and he chose... Read full biography
Charles John Collings (1848 - 1931). "A painter in water-colours, he is reputed to be in some respects the finest colorist who ever worked in Canada." (1). A prominent English and Canadian painter and draftsman, Charles John Collings was born in Chudleigh, Devonshire, England and died in Seymour Arm (on Shuswap Lake), British Columbia, where he had lived since coming to Canada in 1910. A wealthy recluse, he lived in what is even now (2015) considered a rather remote part of Canada and he chose not to associate with the Canadian art community, or for that matter with the British art community, apart from one visit to England in 1920. Instead, most of his works were sold through an intrepid British dealer who visited Collings in Canada. At... Read full biography
Charles John Collings (1848 - 1931). "A painter in water-colours, he is reputed to be in some respects the finest colorist who ever worked in Canada." (1). A prominent English and Canadian painter and draftsman, Charles John Collings was born in Chudleigh, Devonshire, England and died in Seymour Arm (on Shuswap Lake), British Columbia, where he had lived since coming to Canada in 1910. A wealthy recluse, he lived in what is even now (2015) considered a rather remote part of Canada and he chose not to associate with the Canadian art community, or for that matter with the British art community, apart from one visit to England in 1920. Instead, most of his works were sold through an intrepid British dealer who visited Collings in Canada. At that time, in England, his works were favorably compared with that of British painting icon J.M.W. Turner; currently Collings' works are fav... Read full biography
Charles John (CJC) Collings - Artist Info
About Charles John (CJC) Collings: Keywords
Keywords (41)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
- •Barbizon School of Painting
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Prairie Landscapes
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Trees, Woodland and Forest Interiors, Tree Landscapes
- •Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1920
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Watercolor Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •English
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers-
- •International Water Color Society
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Vancouver Art Gallery
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England