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Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ARA RDI (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker.Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a letter-cutter and type designer of genius", he is also a figure of considerable controversy following the revelations of ...
Ecstasy is a relief sculpture by Eric Gill. It depicts a male figure and a female figure, standing and embracing, in the act of copulating. It was acquired by the Tate Gallery in 1982. Gill found creative links between sex and his Catholic spirituality: a drawing for this work was entitled Christ and the Church.
Eric Gill produced several works for the hotel. These were two seahorses , modelled as Morecambe shrimps , for the outside entrance, a round plaster relief on the ceiling of the circular staircase inside the hotel, a decorative wall map of the north west of England, and a large stone relief of Odysseus being welcomed from the sea by Nausicaa .
After the South Door entrance is St Ursula’s Porch with Eric Gill’s carving over it of the Diocesan Coat of Arms and by the side of the porch is a plaque carrying the name "Maufe" and a crest above it. This is the signature stone of Edward Maufe. This door is also known as the “Bishop’s Entrance” and the door handles are shaped like a ...
Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th century but is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726 ...
Midland Hotel staircase with Eric Gill's Neptune and Triton Medallion. The Midland Hotel was built to replace two earlier hotels: the North Western Hotel built in 1848 by the "little" North Western Railway, which had been renamed the Midland Hotel in 1871 when the Midland Railway took over the North Western Railway; and another hotel at Heysham, the Heysham Towers, which was converted from a ...
North Wind (1928–9) by Eric Gill, 55 Broadway (St James's Park Underground station), London. Date: 4 June 2011, 12:02: Source: St James Park Station Sculptures 3. Uploaded by tm; Author: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK
Statue on pedestal: Bronze, brick and stone: Grade II listed: Q26558679 [3] [4] Guildhall Doors The Guildhall, Market Square: 1933: Laurence Bradshaw: Doors with 10 relief panels: Bronze [2] Crocodile: Wall of Mond Building, off Free School Lane: 1933: Eric Gill: Motif: Incised brickwork [2] More images: Talos: Guildhall Street, Cambridge: c ...