| LC control no. | n 50028194 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gibbings, Robert, 1889-1958 |
| Variant(s) | Gibbings, Robert John, 1889-1958 Gibbings, R. J. (Robert John), 1889-1958 Gibbings, Robert J., 1889-1958 |
| Associated country | Ireland England |
| Associated place | Birmingham (England) Reading (England) Cork (Ireland) |
| Birth date | 1889-03-23 |
| Death date | 1958-01-19 |
| Place of birth | Cork (Ireland) |
| Place of death | Oxford (England) |
| Field of activity | Wood-engraving Sculpture Travel Natural history |
| Affiliation | University College, Cork Society of Wood Engravers Slade School of Fine Art Central School of Arts and Crafts (Birmingham, England) Golden Cockerel Press University of Reading |
| Profession or occupation | Wood-engravers Sculptors Authors College teachers University and college faculty members |
| Found in | His Iorana! 1932. BL database, 9 Aug. 2007 (hdg.: Gibbings, Robert John) Wikipedia, 10 Apr. 2015 (Robert Gibbings; b. 23 Mar. 1889 in Cork; d. 19 Jan. 1958 in Oxford; Irish artist and author most noted as a wood engraver and sculptor and as writer on travel and natural history; founded, with Noel Rooke, the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920; published numerous works at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1923-1933) ArtUK(website), viewed Sept. 1, 2021: Robert Gibbings, 1889-1958, British (Wood engraver, sculptor, writer and teacher. Born in Cork, Ireland, he was educated at the university there, then at the Slade School of Fine Art and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts where he joined Noel Rooke's design class. Commissioned in Munster Fusiliers in World War I, but was wounded by a bullet through the neck while serving in the Dardanelles and was invalided out. After the war founded SWE. When the Golden Cockerel Press, for which he was working, was threatened with closure, he took it over. During 1924-33 Gibbings' press published 72 books. In 1936 appointed lecturer in book design at Reading University. Sweet Thames Run Softly is his most famous book, published in 1940. It was followed in 1942 by Coming Down the Wye and in 1945 by his first Irish volume, Lovely is the Lee, chosen by the Book of the Month Club in America. In 1955, Gibbings bought a cottage in Berkshire, near the Thames, and there wrote and illustrated his last book, Till I End My Song. In 1972 there was an exhibition of Gibbings' work at the Dorchester Abbey Festival.) <https://artuk.org/discover/artists/gibbings-robert-18891958> Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 1, 2021: Robert Gibbings (Robert John Gibbings (23 March 1889 - 19 January 1958) was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. Along with Noel Rooke he was one of the founder members of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920, and was a major influence in the revival of wood engraving in the twentieth century. He studied medicine for three years at University College Cork before deciding to persuade his parents to allow him to take up art. He studied under the painter Harry Scully in Cork and later at the Slade School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibbings> |
| Associated language | eng |
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