Eric Gill: The Sculpture

by Judith Collins

With an essay and 300 detailed catalogue entries, this volume is is a complete survey of Eric Gill's sculptural work. It is useful for those interested in Gill's work and provides details of where to view it.

1 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of links for me in this reading. I began the book on a day on which I had been walking at Hoptonwood Quarry and a good deal of Gill's work was in Hoptonwood stone. I had also recently been reading the history of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which referred to the controversies over whether the war dead should have individual UK memorials (always assuming of course that the bereaved could afford them) or the more uniform ones familiar to us in war graves. I remember reading that Gill campaigned in support of individual memorials and thus I viewed the photos of those he carved himself with a wry smile.

Gill had a personal history that was more than suspect, but this book focuses almost entirely on his work, which is beautiful and with a spiritual quality even when not obviously religious. I found it particularly interesting to see where his work is to be found.