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"Seagull". Robert John Gibbings. 1934.

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2022-04-26

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators ...G is for Robert Gibbings (1889 -1958) an Irish Artist and Author. He was known mainly for his wood cut engravings, and regarded as being very influential in the revival of Woodcut prints in the early 20th Century.

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2022-03-27

Robert Gibbings (23 March 1889 Co Jan 1958 England). Raised . Wood engraver (major influence on it's revival, co-founder ), sculptor, ✍️travel/natural history📚! Lecturer . https://t.co/3ZsCRSXxKX

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2022-01-19

Robert John Gibbings, Ancient History, 20th century https://t.co/JeO9pl8uQP

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2021-10-14

Robert John Gibbings, Title-page decoration, 20th century https://t.co/7ADJ2Bs7yD

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2021-05-14

"Seagull". Robert John Gibbings. 1934.

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2021-05-10

Robert Gibbings (23 March 1889 Jan 1958 England). Raised . Wood engraver (major influence on it's revival, co-founder ), sculptor, ✍️travel/natural history📚! Lecturer . https://t.co/fUiv4UfMJR

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2021-01-19

"Seagull". Robert John Gibbings. 1934.

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2020-11-11

I've long admired the work of Robert Gibbings (1889-1958), so for today's theme of sailors & the deep sea, here's his woodcut depicting a scene from the life of St Brendan the Navigator, used to illustrate Helen Waddell's 'Beasts and Saints' (1934)

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2020-09-24

"Seagull". Robert John Gibbings. 1934.

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2020-05-27

feature strongly in the in “Over the reefs” by Robert (1948) 🌴🌴.

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2020-03-25

1889: Birth Co Robert Gibbings. Raised (medicine) . Artist/author esp wood engraver, sculptor & travel/natural history books ! Co-founder . Lecturer https://t.co/fUiv4UfMJR

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2020-03-23

Just discovered this small book with gorgeous 1941 wood engravings by Irish artist Robert Gibbings. Reading about him, ‘David Attenborough remembers Gibbings as being one of the inspiring influences at the start of his career’ https://t.co/xuzeOPmOKE

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2020-02-15

I've long admired the work of Robert Gibbings (1889-1958), so continue this theme here's his woodcut depicting a scene from the life of St Brendan the Navigator, used to illustrate Helen Waddell's 'Beasts and Saints' (1934) https://t.co/MYjFKJbNgo

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2019-10-24

Woodcuts by the forever brilliant Robert Gibbings. From the book Beasts and Saints (translations by Helen Waddell.1934)...

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2018-12-16

Today is the 60th anniversary of the death Cork-born artist and author Robert Gibbings (23 Mar 1889 – 19 Jan 1958). Also publisher of 71 Golden Cockerel Press titles. Titles available of course

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2018-01-19

Robert Gibbings ( 1889 – 1958), wood engraving for Samson and Delilah, 1925.

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2016-04-27

Robert Gibbings ( 1889 – 1958), wood engraving for Samson and Delilah, 1925.

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2016-01-17