Adrian Dingle
(1911 – 1974)
Adrian Dingle, born John Adrian Darley Dingle, was a Cornish-Canadian artist renowned for his work in landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and figure studies. His early life began in Barmouth, Gwynedd, North Wales, while his parents were traveling, before moving to Canada at the age of three.
Dingle embarked on his artistic journey in the early 1930s. In 1931, he studied under J. W. Beatty at the summer school of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. His career expanded when he moved to England from 1935 to 1937, where he worked as an illustrator for Stillwell & Darby in London and further honed his skills at the Goldsmiths College of Art, studying under James Bateman and John Mansbridge. During this time, he also exhibited with the London Portrait Society. Upon returning to Canada, Dingle continued his illustration work and began teaching at the Doon School of Fine Arts in Kitchener, Ontario, and the Etobicoke Community Art School.
Known for his masterful depictions of the natural world, Dingle’s travels to Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, the British Isles, Massachusetts, and Cape Breton Island provided inspiration for many of his landscape and seascape paintings. His style was primarily oil painting, and his works were frequently exhibited at the T. Eaton Fine Art Gallery. Over the years, Dingle’s prolific output has earned him recognition, and his paintings can occasionally be found at auctions.
Dingle was a member of the:
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- the Ontario Society of Artists,
- the Ontario Institute of Painters
- and was a Fellow of the International Institute of Arts & Letters.
Dingle has come to be well known for his work in the Canadian comic book industry. From August 1941 to 1947, he authored and illustrated the comic book series Nelvana of the Northern Lights. Nelvana was the first female Canadian superhero comic character whose debut was four months before that of Wonder Woman.
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