Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. Gibbons was born to English parents in Holland, where he was educated.[1]
His father was a merchant. Gibbons was a member of the Drapers' Company of London; he is widely regarded as the finest wood carver working in England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general public. Most of his work is in lime (Tilia) wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size, made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces, but he also produced furniture and small relief plaques with figurative scenes. He also worked in stone, mostly for churches. By the time he was established he led a large workshop, and the extent to which his personal hand appears in later work varies.[citation needed]
^V&A exhibition information, accessed 18 January 2013
GrinlingGibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the...
many others. In England, it was the favoured medium of the sculptor GrinlingGibbons (1648–1721). The wood is used in marionette- and puppet-making and...
at Windsor Castle, May teamed up with the wood carver of the day, GrinlingGibbons, and the painter Antonio Verrio to create a sumptuous interior. Capell...
in classic buildings like St Paul's Cathedral, where the stalls of GrinlingGibbons better suit their own surroundings. The rest of this article will therefore...
the windows. At the end of each stack is a fine limewood carving by GrinlingGibbons, and above these are plaster cast busts of notable writers through...
employed. The master craftsmen he had patronised, however, such as GrinlingGibbons, refused to work for the lower rates paid by the Marlboroughs. The...
GrinlingGibbons on some commissions. Some of the works created during their partnership cannot with certainty be attributed to Quellinus or Gibbons....
Josias Ibach in 1679, with the marble plinth featuring carvings by GrinlingGibbons. The Upper Ward adjoins the North Terrace, which overlooks the River...
collaborator in the studio of (Rotterdam-born) English sculptor GrinlingGibbons from 1680 to 1688. Gibbons was mainly known as a sculptor for his fine carvings...
Verhulst, Bartholomeus Eggers and Gabriël Grupello and probably also GrinlingGibbons. They would later spread his Baroque idiom in the Dutch Republic, Germany...
the architect Anthony Salvin. It contains intricate wood-carvings by GrinlingGibbons (d. 1721). It is the manor house of the manor of Petworth. For centuries...
for formal occasions. It is encased in wood panels in the style of GrinlingGibbons, which took three artisans three years to carve. The highly ornamented...
(12 m) high by 25 ft (7.6 m) wide) designed by Wren and carved by GrinlingGibbons dominated the room. By 1691 the palace had become the largest and most...
particular note in the drawing room is an ornately carved overmantel by GrinlingGibbons. Between c.1872 and 1880, architect George Devey significantly modified...
exponent of the high-relief naturalistic style of the British carver GrinlingGibbons (1648–1721). Esterly was born in Akron, Ohio but raised in Orange County...
work is on display in the galleries include Gian Lorenzo Bernini, GrinlingGibbons, Daniel Marot, Louis Laguerre, Antonio Verrio, Sir James Thornhill...
His large marble monument in the south choir aisle was sculpted by GrinlingGibbons. There is a memorial depicting the sinking of Association in the church...
Frankl (1887–1958) Naoto Fukasawa (born 1956) Peter Ghyczy (born 1940) GrinlingGibbons (1648–1721) Ernest Gimson (1864–1919) Eileen Gray (1878–1976) Molly...
centuries by master woodcarvers, including techniques employed by GrinlingGibbons. In 2015 Alexander Grabovetskiy was Editors' Choice to be Awarded with...
his large marble monument in the south choir aisle was sculpted by GrinlingGibbons. Meanwhile, his two stepsons were buried in Old Town Church on St Mary's...
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