John Gilbert (painter)

John Gilbert (painter)

Sir John Gilbert (July 1, 1817–October 5, 1897) was a British artist.

He was born in Blackheath, Surrey [Citation |title= Union List of Artist Names |url= http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500001979 |accessdate= 2008-07-13 ] , and taught himself to paint. Skilled in several media, he gained the nickname, "the Scott of painting". He was best-known for the illustrations and woodcuts he produced for the "Illustrated London News".

Gilbert was initially apprenticed to a firm of estate agents, but taught himself art by copying prints. He was unable to enter the Royal Academy Schools, but mastered watercolour, oils, and other media. From 1836 he exhibited at the Society of British Artists, and at the RA from 1838. The art patron Thomas Sheepshanks and the artist William Mulready suggested that he learn wood engraving. Starting with Punch, he moved on to the Illustrated London News. He produced an impressive number of wood engravings for that publication and for the London Journal. He also produced very many illustrations for books, including nearly all the important English poets (including his illustrated Shakespeare with almost 750 drawings). He became president of the Old Watercolour Society in 1871Citation |title= Shakespeare Illustrated: The Artists: Sir John Gilbert |url= http://shakespeare.emory.edu/illustrated_showartist.cfm?artistid=37 |accessdate= 2008-07-13 ] . He exhibited some 400 pictures in watercolour and oil exhibited at the various societies. In 1872 he was knighted. He became an RA in 1876, in the same year as Edward Poynter.

The "Gilbert-Garret Competition for Sketching Clubs" was started in 1870 at St. Martins School of Art, and named after its first president, John Gilbert. [ [http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/general/Arts-And-Crafts-Magazine/Art-School-Exhibitions-2.html Art School Exhibitions] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.phryne.com/artists/81-62-55.HTM Phryne's list of paintings by Gilbert in accessible UK collections]
* [http://www.victorianartinbritain.co.uk/biog/gilbert.htm Gilbert biography with full text of obituary]


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