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Adrian Allinson

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Adrian Allinson
ROI
Born
Adrian Paul Allinson

(1890-01-09)9 January 1890
London, England
Died20 February 1959(1959-02-20)(aged 69)
London, England
EducationWycliffe College, Gloucestershire[1]
Slade School of Fine Art
Known forPainting, pottery, sculpture, engraving
Notable work"The Café Royal" (1915–16), posters forLondon Transport(1934–40)
SpouseClarke Buckland
FatherThomas Allinson
RelativesBertrand P. Allinson(brother)

Francesca Allinson

(sister)
ElectedRoyal Society of British Artists(1933)
Royal Institute of Oil Painters(1936)
Harvesting,used as part of the "Dig for Victorycampaign during World War II

Adrian Paul AllinsonROI(9 January 1890 – 20 February 1959) was a British painter, potter and engraver known for his landscapes of Southern Europe and North Africa, and for a series of notable posters he made forLondon Transport.[2][3]

Life and career

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Allinson was born inLondon,the eldest son of a doctor,Thomas Allinson,whose advocacy of vegetarianism and contraception had led to his being struck off the medical register.[4][5]His mother, the granddaughter of a Polish rabbi, was a portrait painter who had studied in Berlin.[6][7][8]His brother was physicianBertrand P. Allinson.[9]

After leavingWycliffe College,Allinson began studying medicine, but gave this up and turned instead to art, gaining a scholarship in his second year at theSlade School of Fine Art.[2]Graduating in 1910, he travelled to Europe to study in Paris and in Munich. Following his first exhibition, at the Alpine Club Gallery, in February 1911, he became one of the founding members of theCamden Town Group,[10]and with other members later joined with theVorticiststo formThe London Group.[2]

A pacifist, Allinson associated himself with theBloomsbury Groupduring theFirst World War,producing drawings for theDaily Expressnewspaper and one of his most important works, a scene inside theCafé Royalmade in 1915–16.[11]He also designed sets for theBeecham Opera Company.[1][2][12]In 1916 he was registered as aconscientious objector.

Following the war he again travelled to Europe. He became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1933 and of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1936.[13][5]During the 1930s he made a series of posters forLondon Transport,[14]and for theEmpire Marketing Board.[15]He was selected as a government war artist by theWar Artists Advisory CommitteeduringWorld War II.After the war, he taught at theWestminster Technical Institute.Some months before his death, he participated in the creation of awax sculptureofKwame NkrumahforMadame Tussauds.[16]

Allinson died on 20 February 1959.[2]

References

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  1. ^abThomas, Ronan."Adrian Allinson 1890 – 1959".West End at War.Retrieved3 June2013.
  2. ^abcde"Mr. Adrian Allinson".The Times.21 February 1959. p. 10.Retrieved3 June2013.
  3. ^"Art Exhibitions".The Times.6 November 1930. p. 12.Retrieved4 June2013.Mr. Adrian Allinson... is exhibiting paintings, drawings, wood engravings, and pottery and stoneware at the Redfern Gallery
  4. ^"ALLINSON, Adrian Paul".Who Was Who.A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.Retrieved3 June2013.
  5. ^abBenezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1.Oxford University Press. 2012. p. 30.ISBN978-0199923052.
  6. ^"Adrian Allinson".
  7. ^Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss (2016).WWII War Pictures by British Artists.Liss Llewellyn Fine Art.ISBN978-0-9930884-2-1.
  8. ^"Adrian Allinson (1890–1959)".British Council. Archived fromthe originalon 24 June 2013.Retrieved4 June2013.
  9. ^Powys, John Cowper; Krissdottir, Morine. (1998).The Dorset Year: The Diary of John Cowper Powys, June 1934-July 1935.Powys Press. p. 119.ISBN9781874559191
  10. ^"Adrian Allinson: Biography".Spartacus Educational.Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd. Archived fromthe originalon 3 June 2013.Retrieved3 June2013.
  11. ^Hillier, Bevis (9 November 1968)."Café life of 1920s recalled".The Times.p. 8.Retrieved4 June2013.
  12. ^Barry Smith, ed. (2000).Frederick Delius and Peter Warlock: A Friendship Revealed.Oxford University Press. p. 296.ISBN0198167067.
  13. ^"New Members of the R.B.A."The Times.27 April 1933. p. 14.Retrieved4 June2013.
  14. ^"Artist – Adrian Allinson".London Transport Museum & Transport for London. Archived fromthe originalon 5 September 2017.Retrieved3 June2013.
  15. ^Paul Jobling; David Crowley (1996).Graphic Design: Reproduction and Representation Since 1800.Manchester University Press. p. 123.ISBN0719044677.
  16. ^"Foreign News".Jet.15(9): 15. 1 January 1959.ISSN0021-5996.
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