Eric Gill (1882-1940), Sculptor and typographer
Sitter in 56 portraits
Artist associated with 7 portraits
Gill was a wood engraver, sculptor, typographer and draughtsman, and is regarded as one of the great English artist-craftsmen of the 20th century. He tried to revive a medieval religious attitude towards art, believing in social reform and in integration between craftsmanship and industry, art and religion. He was a prolific book-illustrator, and the cleanness and simplicity of his woodcuts and lettering in works such as his editions of Chaucer and the Gospels were very influential in the renaissance in English illustrated books.
Eric Gill; Alice Mary (née Knewstub), Lady Rothenstein
by Sir William Rothenstein
oil on canvas, circa 1913
NPG 5508
Eric Gill and Joseph Peter Thorp
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative
NPG x12007
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12025
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1928
NPG x12004
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x12002
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x12001
by George Taylor Friend, probably after Eric Gill
electrotyped white metal medal, circa 1934
NPG D7037
Ditchling Museum, Hassocks, Sussex
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Art
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Artists and artisans
Place
Sussex
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