Eric Gill , wood engraver, sculptor and typographer was born in Brighton, Sussex. In 1900, whilst in London training under W.H Caroe, the architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioner, he attended evening classes at Central School of Arts and Crafts and studied letter design under Edward Johnston. Gill began to carve in stone and make sculpture. By 1904 Gill was making a living from letter engraving and in 1910 and he began making figure sculpture. His first solo exhibition was at the Chenil Gallery, London, 1911. Gill lived in Ditchling, Sussex 1907-24 where a community of artists also thrived. Gill’s Roman Catholic views were influential upon the community and in 1917 a religious order of artists was conceived. In 1921 members of the community formed the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic. Among the artists surrounding him at Ditchling were David Jones, Hagreen, Pepler, and Johnston. In 1924 he moved to Capel-y-ffin, near Hay-on Wye and over the next four years produced much of his best engraved work. In 1928 Gills large family moved to High Wycombe, Buckingham.
Gill is regarded as one of the greatest craftsmen of this century, a typographer and letter cutter and a wood engraver. His conversion to Catholicism influenced his sculpture and writings. Gill’s subject matter swung between the deeply religious and the highly erotic, a direct echo of his eccentric life. His prints first appeared invariably in tiny editions or as illustrations in limited edition books, such as those he illustrated for the Golden Cockerel Press under Robert Gibbings. He also wrote constantly on his favourite topics, social reform, the integration of the body and spirit, the evils of industrialisation; and the importance of the working man. These were published by the Ditchling Press and Faber. He designed his first typeface, Perpetua, for Stanley Morison who had badgered him for years on this matter. Of all the 11 typefaces that he designed, Gill Sans is his most famous
Gill described himself on his gravestone as a stone carver.
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‘The Dancer’ by Eric Gill
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‘Man and Girl, in four Groups, on way to Church’ by Eric Gill
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Eric Gill ‘Lion of Saint Mark’
£95.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Angel of Saint Matthew’
£115.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Nativity’
£145.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Crucifixion’
£145.00
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Eric Gill Clothes ‘Clothes as Houses’
£85.00
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Eric Gill ‘Christ Crowned’
£145.00
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Eric Gill ‘ The Bull Calf of St. Luke’
£95.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Leisure State.’
£95.00
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Eric Gill Proof ‘Madonna and Child with Arms Outstretched’
£400.00
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Eric Gill ‘Fuge dilecti ni’
£175.00
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Eric Gill ‘Mary Magdalen’
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Eric Gill ‘Peter and the Cock’
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Eric Gill ‘Naked Girl lying on Grass’ Initialled
£1,200.00
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‘Eve in the Garden’ wood engraving by Eric Gill
£485.00
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‘The Chinese Maidservant’ by Eric Gill
£1,200.00
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‘Divine Lovers’ by Eric Gill
£495.00
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‘Madonna and Child’ Signed by Eric Gill
£750.00
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‘Inter Ubera Mea’ Signed by Eric Gill
£1,100.00
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‘Lovers’ by Eric Gill, signed
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‘Lovers’ Wood Engraving by Eric Gill
£375.00
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‘Artist and Mirror ll’ by Eric Gill
£175.00
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‘Skaters’ by Eric Gill
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‘Virgin and the Child’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘The Tennis Player’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Christ and The Leper’ by Eric Gill
£70.00
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‘The Eagle of Saint John’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘Herod’s Feast’ by Eric Gill
£85.00
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‘The Epiphany & The Sower’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘The Tyranny of Tailors’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘The Pharisee and the Publican’ by Eric Gill
£55.00
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‘Clothes As Workshops’ by Eric Gill
£125.00
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‘The Tennis Player’ by Eric Gill
£350.00
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Eric Gill ‘Ex-Libris plate for Mary Gill’
£165.00
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‘Transliens Colle’ by Eric Gill
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St. Christopher by Eric Gill
£450.00
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‘Sculpture ll’ by Eric Gill
£350.00
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‘Charles Lambert Rutherston’ ex-libris plate by Eric Gill
£125.00
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‘Charles Lambert Rutherston’ ex-Libris by Eric Gill
£125.00
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‘Rachel Rothenstein’ by Eric Gill
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Eric Gill ‘Qui pascitur inter lilia’
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Christmas Card by Eric Gill
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‘Xenia Noelle Lowinsky’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Madonna and Child in Vesica’ by Eric Gill
£120.00
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‘Hamlet and the Ghost’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘St. Thomas’s Doubt’ and ‘The Rising of Lazarus’ by Eric Gill
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‘The Creation’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘The Second Nun’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£90.00
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‘Hamlet’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Sculpture 1; Sculpture ll; Woman’s Head’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘Vadam ad Montem’ by Eric Gill
£150.00
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‘The Beheading of John the Baptist’ by Eric Gill
£80.00
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‘Bird on Bough’ and ‘Frightened Young Man’ by Eric Gill
£70.00
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‘Naked Man Outcry’ and ‘Woman Frightened’ by Eric Gill
£70.00
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‘Mary at the Tomb’ by Eric Gill
£120.00
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‘Girl Holding Wounded Bird’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘The Merchant’s Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Naked Pygmy’ and ‘Naked Boy’ by Eric Gill
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‘Woman Growing Out of a Tree’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘The Summoner’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘The Friars Tale’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘Wife of Bath’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
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‘Wife of Bath’s Tale: Prologue’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
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‘Girl in Spray’ and ‘Young Man in Spray’ by Eric Gill
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‘Three Men Hanged’ and “Death at Foot of Tree’ by Eric Gill
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‘The Money Bag’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
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‘Tale of Sir Topas’ and ‘Tale of Melibeus’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Book plate for Desmond Flower’ by Eric Gill
£38.00
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‘Book plate for A.H.Tandy’ by Eric Gill
£38.00
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‘The Nun’s Priest Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
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‘The Monk’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£70.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Prioress’s Tale’
£95.00
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‘The Shipman’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
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‘The Reeve’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£135.00
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‘The Knight’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘The Miller’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Naked Man Dead’ and ‘Woman Weeping for Dead Man’
£60.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Man Waving Eight-Leaved Spray’ and ‘Man Waving Ten-Leaved Spray’
£60.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Woman Beseeching’ and ‘Man in Love’
£70.00
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‘St.Thomas of Canterbury’ and ‘Crucifix on Tree’ by Eric Gill
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Spray of Seven Leaves’ and ‘Woman Climbing Phallus’
£90.00
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‘Lion’ by Eric Gill
£55.00
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‘The Crucifixion’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
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Eric Gill Wood Cuts titled ‘Girl in Skirt Facing Right’ and ‘Girl in Skirt, Full Face’
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Eric Gill wood engravings titled ‘Faun Piping’ and ‘Naked Girl with Back Turned and Spray’
£110.00
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Eric Gill Original Prints titled ‘Venus Instructrix Artis Amoris’ and ‘Lovers in Tree’
£75.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings ‘Man Throwing Spear’ and ‘Two Men With Spears’
£70.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Naked Girl Holding Branch’ and ‘Cupid, Bow on Tree’
£70.00
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‘Naked Youth’ and ‘Naked Girl Looking Back’ by Eric Gill
£80.00
