Friday, April 6, 2012


 Eric Gill was a British sculptort, typeface designer, stonecutter and print maker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He is a controversial figure with his well-known religious views and subject matter being seen as at odds with his sexual and paraphiliac behavior and erotic art. His art designs were very symbolic and he expressed behaviors within his talents. I think he is a brilliant man and for the type of stones he designed was amazing.

He was one of the most colourful figures in early 20th century art despite the majority of his prints being in black and white. Sculptor, typographer, and writer was the definition of  his engravings that have made his work so Divine and artistic. His prints first appeared in tiny editions or as illustrations in limited edition books, such as those he illustrated for the Golden Cockerel Press. 

Eric Gill  was born in 1882 in Brighton, Sussex. He studied at Chichester Technical and Art School and in 1900 moved to London to study as an architect. Gill did many historic sculptures and really made success of this name. I never had any idea of sculptures and the history behind them. Now' when i see sculptures I will pay close attention to the definition and think of Gill and his talents.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting that you focused on his sculpture. He is the designer of an important typeface, Gill Sans.

    When directly quoting from an article, it is important to use quotation marks and to acknowledge its source as in "was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He is a controversial figure, with his well-known religious views and subject matter being seen as at odds with his sexual and paraphiliac behaviour and erotic art." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill

    No need to adhere to MLA style here though.

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