- Harry Pelling Gill
Harry Pelling Gill (9 March 1855 – 25 May 1916) was an English-born
Australia n artist and art teacher.Gill was born at
Brighton , England. He studied at the Brighton School of Art and at South Kensington where he won a scholarship. In 1882 he was appointed master of the school of design atAdelaide and held this position for 27 years. He published "The Straight and Crooked Paths of Studentship" in 1894. He was appointed honorary curator of the art gallery ofSouth Australia , and in 1899 visited Europe where, with the assistance of a committee, he spent £10,000 on works of art. It was generally agreed that very good judgment had been shown in making these purchases. Gill was for some time president of theSouth Australian Society of Arts , and in 1909 was appointed principal and examiner of theAdelaide School of Art . He resigned this position on1 July 1915 on account of ill health, and died on25 May 1916 while on a voyage to England. Gill had a good reputation as a teacher and lecturer. An oil and three of his water-colours are in the art gallery at Adelaide. He married and was survived by his wife and two sons.Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Harry Pelling|Last=Gill|Link=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogG.html#gill1|accessdate=2008-10-06] [Australian Dictionary of Biography
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title= Gill, Harry Pelling (1855 - 1916)
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