GILL, ERIC 1882-1940:

1882 TO 1940. BRITISH SCULPTER AND PRINTMAKER ERIC GILL STUDIED LETTER DESIGN AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS BEFORE TAKING UP PRINTMAKING. HE MOVED TO CAPEL-Y-FFIN IN WALES WHERE HE PRODUCED SOME OF HIS FINEST WORK, MAINLY FOR GIBBING'S GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE THROUGH HIS SEXUAL IMPROPRIETIES HE IS NONE THE LESS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CRAFTSMEN OF THE 20TH CENTURY