"All is vanity" redirects here. For the Christina Grimmie album, see All Is Vanity.
"All is vanity" redirects here. For the 2021 film, see All Is Vanity (film).
Charles Allan Gilbert
Silhouette self-portrait of C. Allan Gilbert published in 1916
Born
(1873-09-03)September 3, 1873
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died
April 20, 1929(1929-04-20) (aged 55)
New York, U.S.
Education
Art Students League of New York
Known for
Illustration, animation, camouflage art
Notable work
All Is Vanity (1892)
Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror of her vanity table, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull. The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is also known as a vanity. The phrase "All is vanity" comes from Ecclesiastes 1:2 ("Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.")[1] It refers to the vanity and pride of humans. In art, vanity has long been represented as a woman preoccupied with her beauty. And art that contains a human skull as a focal point is called a memento mori (Latin for "remember death"), a work that reminds people of their mortality.
All is Vanity (1892)
It is less widely known that Gilbert was an early contributor to animation, and a camouflage artist (or camoufleur) for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I.
^"Ecclesiastes 1:2". Bible Gateway.
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