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Biography
Gentile (Gerry) Tondino (September 3, 1923 – August 29, 2001) was a Canadian educator and artist, who lived in Montreal, Quebec. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Gentile Tondino is the father of theater designer Guido Tondino, multimedia artist Tristan Tondino, and architect Lisa Tondino.
Life and Work
Tondino's 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 important institutions such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada, corporations like Shell Canada, C.I.L., Readers' Digest' The Art Gallery of Ottawa and the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and McGill University, where nine commissioned portraits grace the walls. In 1955, he was elected to the Canadian Group of Painters, an outgrowth of the Group of Seven; in 1962, he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and in 1968, he was named Academician of that society.
Teaching
- 1959-1999 – McGill University
- 1952-1967 - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Education and affiliations
He apprenticed with the Canadian painter Adam Sherriff Scott between 1942 and 1947, and studied for three years at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design under renowned artist and art educator Dr. Arthur Lismer.
Gallery representation
Tondino was represented by many Canadian galleries.