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John Gibson

John Gibson

By (author) Annette Wickham
By (author) Anna Frasca-Rath

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  • Examines the work of the Victorian era's most celebrated, yet often overlooked, sculptor
  • Describes Gibson's time in the workshop of Canova, the greatest of Neoclassical artists, and in the Eternal city
  • This volume uses letters, plaster reliefs, marbles, drawings, notebooks and objects to present a comprehensive account
Full Description

Born in Gyffin, near Conway, Wales, John Gibson (1790-1866) moved with his family to Liverpool, where he trained as a cabinet-maker and mason. The historian and banker William Roscoe whetted Gibson’s appetite for classical statuary, and provided him with a scholarship and funds to visit Rome. Gibson arrived in the city in 1817 and entered the workshop of Europe’s pre-eminent sculptor: Antonio Canova. Soon acclaimed in his own right, Gibson remained in the city until his death in 1866. Contact with artists and patrons on the Grand Tour ensured lasting links with Britain, and this publication highlights Gibson’s sculptures in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Parliament and the Royal Collection. Gibson bequeathed to the Royal Academy drawings, plasters and sculptures, as well as correspondences, accounts and notebooks; some reproduced here for the first time.

Specifications
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN
9781910350577
Published
4th Jan 2017
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World
Size
228 mm x 170 mm
Pages
72 Pages
Illustrations
50 color
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