Ernest Gillick

Ernest Gillick (1874, Bradford, England - 1951) was a British sculptor.

Gillick studied at the Nottingham School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His first important commission was for the figures of J.M.W. Turner and Richard Cosway for the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901.

Gillick was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and worked frequently as a medalist, as did his wife, Mary Tutin, whom he married in 1905.

Other work includes:

* the World War I Cenotaph at George Square in Glasgow, 1921-1924
* a sculptural group of "Henry VII at Bosworth Field" for the City Hall, Cardiff
* an allegorical group for the National Westminster Bank building in Princes Street, London of 1931-1932, notable for figures of Lower Mathematics and Higher Mathematics, in which the latter figure holds a sculpted magic square
* "Monument to the Missing", Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France

External links

* [http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=cenotaph "The Cenotaph" by Ernest Gillick, Glasgow, Scotland]
* [http://goaustralia.about.com/library/weekly/blpicch16.htm "Ex Tenebris Lux" by Ernest Gillick, Christchurch, New Zealand]

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