Adrian Paul ALLINSON

Adrian Paul ALLINSON
1890
1959

Born in London, the artist studied at the Slade, in Munich and in Paris (1910-12). He travelled widely to paint landscapes, and his painting Spring Riot, Cornwall (1940) was selected as part of the Looking West Exhibition in 1987. Though included in this representative show at Newlyn and the Royal College of Art, there is no documentation of dates when he was working in Cornwall.

His paintings Derelict Clay Pit, Cornwall and Valley of Treen show time away from his London homebase. He designed posters for British Railways (BR), as many West Country artists did. Buckman comments on his sportsmanship (skiing and climbing) and his pleasure in travelling.

media

 Painter in oils, primarily landscape; sculptor; draughtsman; poster designer; stage designer, and teacher

works and access

Works include: Spring Riot, Cornwall (1940); Derelict Clay Pit, CornwallValley of Treen

Access to works: Manchester; Bradford; Rochdale

exhibitions

NEAC; L; RA; RBA; ROI

 Leicester Galleries

 Fine Art Society Retrospective 1984

NAG Looking West 1987; 

memberships

 

references

Allinson Painter's Pilgrimage (Autobiography)

Buckman (2006) Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall

Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists

Looking West Exhibition catalogue (see Hardie pp73-4)

Year's Art;