Eric Gill

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Roman Catholic engraver human letterer printmaker sculptor typeface designer

Eric Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker known for his influential work in the early 20th century and for designing typefaces such as Gill Sans.

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Label Occurrences
Eric Gill canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic ⓘ
engraver ⓘ
human ⓘ
letterer ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
typeface designer ⓘ
burialPlace Buckland, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
surface form: Speen, Buckinghamshire
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1882-02-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1940-11-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Central School of Arts and Crafts, London ⓘ
Chichester Technical and Art School ⓘ
employer Monotype ⓘ
surface form: Monotype Corporation
familyName Gill ⓘ
founded Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic ⓘ
fullName Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
typography ⓘ
wood engraving ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
Eric ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century graphic design ⓘ
British typography ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
name Eric Gill self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor controversial personal life and posthumous criticism of his sexual behavior ⓘ
designing the Gill Sans typeface ⓘ
revival of letter carving in stone ⓘ
notableWork Bas-reliefs for the League of Nations building in Geneva ⓘ
Gill Sans ⓘ
Joanna ⓘ
Perpetua ⓘ
Prospero typeface ⓘ
Sculptural reliefs for Broadcasting House, London ⓘ
Sculpture of Prospero and Ariel at BBC Broadcasting House ⓘ
Stations of the Cross ⓘ
surface form: Stations of the Cross at Westminster Cathedral

The Four Gospels (Golden Cockerel Press) illustrations ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation illustrator ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
stonecutter ⓘ
type designer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brighton ⓘ
England ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
County of Middlesex ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex

Uxbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Capel-y-ffin, Wales ⓘ
Ditchling ⓘ
surface form: Ditchling, Sussex
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ethel Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf biographical and critical studies on his art and typography ⓘ
workLocation Capel-y-ffin, Wales ⓘ
surface form: Capel-y-ffin

Ditchling ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
wrote Art Nonsense and Other Essays ⓘ
Autobiography ⓘ
Essay on Typography ⓘ
Work and Property ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Art Workers Guild → hasNotableMember → Eric Gill ⓘ
Broadcasting House → sculptor → Eric Gill ⓘ
Midland Hotel, Morecambe → artworkBy → Eric Gill ⓘ
Edward Johnston → influenced → Eric Gill ⓘ
Edward Johnston → taught → Eric Gill ⓘ
Gill Sans → designer → Eric Gill ⓘ
Eric Gill → name → Eric Gill self-link ⓘ
Prospero and Ariel → creator → Eric Gill ⓘ