biography of Eric ALDWINCKLE (1909-1980)

Birth place: Oxford, England

Addresses: Toronto, Canada

Profession: Designer, painter

Exhibited: Ont. Soc. Artists, 1937-1949; NYWF, 1939; Nat Gallery, London, Eng., 1942-1943. Awards: Art direction award, Art Dir Club, 1949; Can. Dollar Award, Govt Can., 1971.

Member: Ont. Soc. Artists; life mem. Can. Soc. Graphic Arts; life mem. Arts & Lett. Club.

Work: Nat. Gallery Can, Ottawa, Ont. Commissions: Oil, Sunnybrook Hosp., Toronto, Ont., 1947-1948; Heraldy (egg tempera), Oshawa Col., Ont., 1953-; Hydro Electric Tempera, York Twp., Toronto, 1959.

Comments: Positions: art dir, Stratford Festival, Ont., 1955-1958; art dir., Univ. Toronto, 1948-1953. Teaching: Vice prin. design, Ont. Col. Art, 1936-1942; prin. design & colour, New Sch. Design, 1944-1945. Publications: Illus., Varsity story, 1948 & Canada's tomorrow, 1954.

Sources: WW73; Paul Arthur, Mural," Can Art Mag, (1949); "Design-illustration," Graphics (Ger, 1950)."