Gentile (Gerry) Tondino (September 3, 1923 – August 29, 2001) was a Canadian educator and artist, who lived in

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, Quebec. He painted in oil figures, semi-abstracts and still-life.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 / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada

Life and work

Tondino apprenticed with the Canadian painter Adam Sherriff Scott between 1943 and 1947, and studied for three years at the

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School of Art and Design with

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. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited widely, in galleries and museums across Canada and Australia, as well as in Belgium and Bermuda. His work is also included in numerous private collections, and in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the

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, corporations like Shell Canada, C.I.L., Reader's Digest, the Art Gallery of Ottawa,
the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and

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, which has nine commissioned portraits. In 1955, he was elected to the

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; in 1962, he was elected an associate member of the

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, and in 1968, he was named a full Academician of that society.

Teaching

He was called an inspirational teacher of art and design by students. * 1959–1999 –

* 1952–1967 –

School of Art and Design

Awards

* University of McGill Faculty of Engineering Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tondino, Gentile 1923 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters Artists from Montreal Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Canadian abstract artists 20th-century Canadian male artists

Life and work

Teaching

Awards

See also

References