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Ernest Gillick

Also known as: Ernest Gillick; primary name: Gillick, Ernest
Details: individual; sculptor/medallist; British; Male
Life dates: 1874-1951
Biography: Sculptor, medallist and painter. Born in Bradford and studied at Nottingham School of Art and at the Royal College of Art. Married the sculptor Mary Gillick (q.v.), a fellow student from Nottingham, with whom he often collaborated. Exhibited from 1904: at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. A member of the Art Workers' Guild from 1916, Master in 1935. Won the Royal Society of British Sculptors medal in 1935, and became a fellow of the Society in 1938. Associate of the Royal Academy, 1935. He served on the council of the Imperial Arts League and the Faculty of Sculpture at the British School in Rome. He was responsible for a large volume of public sculpture; his first important commission being for figures of Turner and Cosway on the facade of the V&A Museum, 1901. Later work included the Frampton memorial in St Paul's Cathedral and medals for the Royal Mint and Commonwealth countries. His archive is held by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Bibliography: P Attwood, 'Acquisitions of medals (1983-1987)', British Museum Occasional Paper 78, London, 1991.

26 related objects

die; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.41 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Made by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

die; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.39 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Made by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.45 |
Producer name: BIOG117947 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:William Wyon |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.80 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1926 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.46 |
Producer name: Designed by:Bertram MackennalMade by:J S & A B Wyon |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.78 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1920 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.82 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest GillickDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 1938 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Title: Harrison Memorial Prize |
Museum number: 2005,0806.53 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickModelled by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.71 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest GillickDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; prototype

Museum number: 2005,0806.74 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickDesigned by:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 1938 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.77 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1920 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.75 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.72 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest GillickDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 1938 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; prototype

Museum number: 2005,0806.73 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickDesigned by:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 1938 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.79 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1926 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.76 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

model; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.32 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickMade by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

model; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.33 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickMade by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print

Title: Portrait of Ernest Gillick, Sculptor |
Museum number: 1945,1208.132 |
Producer name: BIOG40747 Print made by:Malcolm Osborne |
Production date: 1895-1945

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.42 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1920 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.43 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1920 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.40 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.38 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1919 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.44 |
Producer name: Designed by:Ernest GillickDesigned by:Mary Gillick |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.37 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

punch; medal

Museum number: 2005,0806.36 |
Producer name: BIOG28984 Designed by:Ernest Gillick |
Production date: 1918 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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