Michael Gilbery
ARTIST: Michael Gilbery (1913-2000) British
TITLE: “On The Shores Of Lake Como, Italy”
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 70cm x 60cm framed
CONDITION: excellent
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: A well constructed oil painting which dates to circa 1950. In the 1930’s Gilbery gained a scholarship to St Martin’s School of Art and later the Royal College of Art where he studied under Roland Pitchforth, Sir William Rothenstein and Gilbert Spencer. Gilbery first gained recognition when, at the age of seventeen, his portrait of his father was hung in the Royal Academy and was hailed a triumph by a number of leading critics.His talent for portraiture was also noted during his time at the Royal College of Art. Percy Horton, another of his tutors, writes that ‘Mr Goldberg is an able draughtsman and a powerful and solid painter’ and that ‘perhaps Mr Goldberg’s chief ability however lies in the direction of portraiture where he has shown real accomplishment – a facility for obtaining a likeness combined with a lively and sympathetic handling.’After leaving college Michael Gilbery was commissioned to paint The Royal Historic Cavalcade for George VI’s coronation. The murals covered the department store Swears and Wells and included a 50ft centrepiece of St George and the Dragon, described in the press at the time as ‘one of the sensations of the Coronation’ Michael Gilbery also gained recognition for his Jewish scenes some of which were exhibited at the Whitechapel Art Gallery 1932. Throughout his life he made a living from portrait commissions but continued exhibiting at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New English Art Club among others.
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