- Gabriel Pippet
Gabriel Pippet (1880-1962) was an English artist.
Pippet was born in
Solihull in 1880. As well as being was an artist, he was known as an illustrator and a wood carver. Pippet's work was influenced by Pre-Raphaelites, theArts and Crafts Movement , andmedieval manuscript design. Pippet is buried inDroitwich next to the Church of the Sacred Heart, whosemosaic s he designed.Work
Gabriel Pippet's art and designs decorated several churches and chapels in its various forms. Amongst these are:
* theOxford Oratory ,Oxford , where Pippet's designs decorated Sacred Heart Chapel (before 1907)
* St Mary's Church,Douai Abbey ,Berkshire , scenes from the life of St Benedict as recorded in St Gregory's Dialogues (1913)
*The Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria ,Droitwich , where Pippet designed the images to be depicted in mosaics byMaurice Josey (1922-1934). Pippet also created wood carvings for the church.In one point Pippet lived at the home of Monsignor
Robert Hugh Benson , and he and Pippet worked together on wood carving and panelling. Pippet used wood-cuts to illustrate Benson's books.Bibliography (Illustrated by Gabriel Pippet)
* "A Child's Rule of Life" by
Robert Hugh Benson
* "Old Testament Rhymes" byRobert Hugh Benson
* "Still More Old Rhymes with New Tunes" byRichard Runciman Terry
* "Traffic and Theatre Rhymes" byGuy Boas .External links
* [http://www.sacredheartdroitwich.org.uk/mosaics_introduction.htm The Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria mosaics, Droitwich]
* [http://www.racine.ra.it/ravenna/turismo/eng/redazione/sacredheart.htm Ravenna Influence in England]
* [http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/stmary2.htm The Pippet Paintings in St Mary's Church]
* [http://www.oxfordoratory.org.uk/tour/sacredheart_chapel.html Oxford Oratory]
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