Encyclopedia > John Gilbert (painter)

  Article Content

John Gilbert (painter)

Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897) was a British artist.

He was born in Blackheath, London, and taught himself to paint. Skilled in several media, he gained the nickname, "the Scott of painting". He was best-known for the illustrations and woodcuts he produced for the Illustrated London News[?].



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
David McReynolds

...     Contents David McReynolds David McReynolds was born on October 25, 1929 in Los Angeles to Charles and Elizabeth McReynolds. ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 29.1 ms