Sand Strands | Adrian Dingle
Sand Strands (Claddaduff, Ireland), circa 1960s
Acrylic on Masonite
Size: 7.5 x 15 inches
Price: $800
Details: Signed lower right
Framed measurements: 13.5 X 20.5 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario; T. Eaton Galleries.
Condition: Excellent.
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Figures on a Beach | Adrian Dingle
Untitled - Figures on a Beach, circa 1960s
Acrylic on Masonite
Size: 15 x 28 inches
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed lower right
Framed measurements: 24 X 37.5 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Condition: Excellent.
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After School | Adrian Dingle
Oil on Masonite
Size: 24" x 30"
Price: SOLD
Details: Circa 1949-1955. Signed lower right. Adrian Dingle artist label on verso with title "After School," Credit River Valley (near the Mississauga Golf Club). Signed second time on verso. Original wood frame, with overall measurements of 30.5" by 36.5".
Provenance: Private Collection.
Condition: Excellent
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Mid-Summer Birches | Adrian Dingle
Mid-Summer Birches, Lake Baptiste, Ont.
Oil on Masonite
Size: 12" x 16"
Price: SOLD
Details: Circa 1950s. Signed lower right. Adrian Dingle artist label on verso with title. Original wood frame, 22" by 25"
Provenance: Private Collection; The Collector's Gallery, Calgary.
Condition: Excellent
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Tranquil Harbour | Adrian Dingle
Oil on Masonite
Size: 16" x 20"
Price: SOLD
Details: Painted circa 1949-1955. Signed lower right. Adrian Dingle artist label on verso, with title "Tranquil Harbour, Port Credit, Ont" along with original price. Inventory #E149. Framed, with overall measurements of 22.5" by 26.5"
Provenance: Private Collection.
Condition of Painting: Excellent
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Sand | Adrian Dingle
Acrylic on Masonite
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed lower right. Framed, measures approximately 32 X 26 inches
Provenance: Private Collection. Adrian Dingle artist label on verso, with title "Sand," and original price.
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Adrian Dingle is known for painting landscapes,
marine subjects, figure studies and portraits.
Biography
John Adrian Darley Dingle was born in Barmouth, North Wales. He came to Canada with his parents in 1914 and settled in Oakville, Ontario.
Adrian Dingle left an insurance job to study art and, in 1931, took instruction from J.W. Beatty at the summer school of the Ontario College of Art.
Adrian Dingle later went to England where he worked as an illustrator, studying art in his free time under James Bateman and John Mansbridge. He exhibited portraits with the London Portrait Society.
On his return to Canada, Adrian Dingle became a regular exhibitor at Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) art shows and with other groups. Much of his work was sold through the T. Eaton Company’s Fine Art Gallery in downtown Toronto.
Adrian Dingle continued to work as an illustrator, and also taught art in Kitchener and Etobicoke.
Prolific Painter
Much of Adrian Dingle’s painting was done in oils, and later acrylic, and he was known as a prolific painter.
During the summers, Adrian Dingle travelled to the East coast where he painted Cape Breton Island and other areas. During the winter, the painter seldom went beyond a 50-mile radius of Toronto. Adrian Dingle also painted overseas in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Massachusetts.
Adrian Dingle became an OSA member in 1961 and served as president from 1967-70. Adrian Dingle became a Royal Canadian Academy of Art member in 1968.
Nelvana of the Northern Lights
Adrian Dingle is also known as the creator and artist behind the Second World War comic book, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, which featured a female superhero fighting for justice. Nelvana was one of the world’s first female superheroes. (See blog post on Nelvana of the Northern Lights)
Adrian Dingle’s work is represented in Ontario museums, as well as corporate and private collections.
Source: A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker. National Gallery of Canada, Artists in Canada database.
