Eric Gill 1882-1940
Eve
Original Wood engraving printed from the block in 1929 in an edition of
400.
9¼ x 4½ ins
This
picture is framed
£950.00
Eric Gill 1882-1940
Eve
Original Wood engraving printed from the block in 1929 in an edition of
400.
9¼ x 4½ ins
This
picture is framed
£950.00
Sculptor and engraver. Born in Brighton, Sussex the son of a Congregationalist
minister, Gill became articled to W.H. Caroe, architect to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners in London in 1900. He attended evening classes at Central
School of Arts and Crafts and studied letter design under Edward Johnston,
he also began to carve in stone. By 1904 he was making a living from letter
engraving and within six years he was sculpturing figures. His first solo
exhibition was held at at the Chenil Gallery, London, 1911. He set up an
artistic community in Ditchling, Sussex and converted to Roman Catholicism
in 1913. In 1924 moved to Wales and over the next four years produced much
of his best engraved work, mainly for the Golden Cockerel Press. Though
a controversial figure in that his sexual improprieties remained in conflict
with his Catholic faith, Gill is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest
craftsmen of this century, a typographer and letter cutter of consummate
skill and a masterly wood engraver.
"Eve" is regarded as his most important work