A.c. gilbert cause of death
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Sir Alfred Gilbert RA, MVO
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Attended Third Council Meeting of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Chaired meeting and took minutes. Tendered resignation from Council.
Attended Second Council meeting of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Chaired meeting and took minutes.
Attended First Council Meeting of the International Society of Scuptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1898
Chaired meeting and took notes.
Award received from Prize for Distinguished Service to Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1923-1949
1926
Awarded the Gold Medal of the Society in the Autumn of 1926.
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
'An Old Fisherman's Head'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'Thomas, Son of Val Prinsep, Esq., RA'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition, 1911
'Perseus Arming'
Exhibited at
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(b London, 12 Aug. 1854; d London, 4 Nov. 1934). British sculptor and metalworker. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1875–8), after which he spent six years in Rome. He returned to England in 1884 and was soon given major public commissions, the best known of which is his Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus (1887–93). The celebrated figure of Eros that surmounts the fountain is cast in aluminium, one of the earliest examples of the use of this metal in sculpture. Its light weight allowed Gilbert to achieve a much more delicately poised pose than if he had been restricted to the traditional medium of bronze. Initially the fountain was heavily criticized (in 1893 it was described in 'The Times' as a "dripping, sickening mess"), but by the end of the First World War it had become a much-loved symbol of London.
Although Gilbert was hardworking, respected, and sought-after, he was unworldly and a hopeless businessman; his refusal to delegate w
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Sir Alfred Gilbert RA (1854-1934)
Alfred Gilbert.
'The position of Mr Alfred Gilbert in the art world of England has long since been proclaimed by his brother sculptors and accepted by the public. Their admiration, which is born of sober judgment, has set him on a pedestal so high that his work as a whole is almost beyond the range of outside criticism, even as his reputation is beyond harm and attack.'
An important and influential sculptor, a central figure in the New Sculpture movement, Alfred Gilbert was born in London. He showed great artistic talent as a youth, but intended to become a surgeon before failure at his exams - fortunately for the cause of art - meant he turned to sculpture. He then trained under J. E. Boehm, Lanteri, and then on their advice, continued his studies in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Cavelier, and then Italy, where he remained for some years developing his own personal style. In 1884/5 Gilbert returned to London, living at his parental residence in Maida Vale, and working in a studio next to that of Boehm in Fulham Road. His first pu
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