Sir John Gilbert : art and imagination in the Victorian age / edited by Spike Bucklow and Sally Woodcock; with contributions by Mark Bills ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bucklow, Spike.

Woodcock, Sally (Paintings conservator)

Bills, Mark.

Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.

Guildhall Art Gallery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.

Gilbert, John.

Art, Victorian--England.

Art, Victorian.

England.

Physical Description:

264 pages : illustrations, some color ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2011.

Summary:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery, London, this elegantly produced oversize volume (9.5x11") contains a collection of 12 essays discussing the artist' life and work in detail. Gilbert (1817-1891) was prolific, active among his peers, and well known during his life; yet he has not received nearly the amount of attention given to other members of the Victorian art world such as Leighton, Watts, Millais, and Burne-Jones. This volume rectifies the neglect by offering a detailed examination of his life, oeuvre, and distinctive contributions. The essays accompany presentation of large-scale historical paintings, small landscape watercolors, illustrations for novels and children's books, newspaper illustrations, and ephemera. Coverage includes a detailed look at Gilbert's frames as well as his sources and selection of painting materials. The presentation is complete with chronology, technical examination of watercolors and oil paintings, a list of sold or exhibited works during the artist's lifetime, and other supplementary material. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Sir John Gilbert: a biographical sketch / Vivien Knight and Mark Bills

The Blackheath of John Gilbert / Neil Rhind

John Gilbert as a book illustrator: master of historical romance / Paul Goldman

'A distinctive character to the illustration of news': Sir Johh Gilbert and the pictorial press / Mark Bills

'He kinged it there among the nigglers': Sir John Gilbert and the Royal Watercolour Society / Timothy Wilcox

Gilbert in Fairyland: The enchanted forest and the transfigured landscape / Nicola Brown

Sir John Gilbert and the Old Masters / Kathleen Froyen

Gilbert: his relationship with contemporary practice / Spike Bucklow

A marriage of methods: exploring Gilbert's ordinary and extraordinary uses of watercolour and the gouache techniques / Libby Sheldon

Gilbert's frames and their context in Guildhall Art Gallery / Caroline Oliver

Utility, versatility and obscurity: the sources and selection of SIr John Gilbert's oil painting materials / Sally Woodcock

Gilbert's account with his colourman, Charles Roberson & Co.

Technical examination of Sir John Gilbert's watercolours and oil paintings from the collection of Guildhall Art Gallery, London

Selected list of works exhibited or sold in Gilbert's lifetime, from published sources and sketchbook references.

Notes:

Published by Lund Humphries in association with Guildhall Art Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, Apr. 29-Aug. 29, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (page 231) and index.

ISBN:

9781848220799

1848220790

OCLC:

729742455