Sir Alfred Gilbert

1854–1934

Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Icarus’ 1882–4
Icarus 1882–4
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Biography

Sir Alfred Gilbert (12 August 1854 – 4 November 1934) was an English sculptor and goldsmith who enthusiastically experimented with metallurgical innovations. He was a central — if idiosyncratic — participant in the New Sculpture movement that invigorated sculpture in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Artworks

Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Icarus’ 1882–4

Sir Alfred Gilbert Icarus

1882–4
N04827
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Perseus Arming’ 1881–3

Sir Alfred Gilbert Perseus Arming

1881–3
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N04828
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Model for ‘Eros’ on the Shaftesbury Memorial, Piccadilly Circus’ 1891, cast 1925

Sir Alfred Gilbert Model for ‘Eros’ on the Shaftesbury Memorial, Piccadilly Circus

1891, cast 1925
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N04176
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Mother Teaching Child’ 1881

Sir Alfred Gilbert Mother Teaching Child

1881
N04586
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Mourning Angel’ 1877

Sir Alfred Gilbert Mourning Angel

1877
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T00168
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Comedy and Tragedy: ‘Sic Vita’’ c.1890–2

Sir Alfred Gilbert Comedy and Tragedy: ‘Sic Vita’

c.1890–2
N04829
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘John Howard, the Prison Philanthropist’ c.1893–4

Sir Alfred Gilbert John Howard, the Prison Philanthropist

c.1893–4
N05885
Sir Alfred Gilbert, ‘Ignacy Jan Paderewski’ 1891

Sir Alfred Gilbert Ignacy Jan Paderewski

1891
N04755
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, ‘An Athlete Wrestling with a Python’ 1877
Art Term

New sculpture

New sculpture is a name applied to the sculptures produced by a group of artists working in the second half ...

Marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Alfred Gilbert © Army and Navy Club London
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Close up: Queen Victoria by Alfred Gilbert

Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain explores a period of unparalleled innovation in British history, where ground-breaking new materials and methods ...

Related art terms

Decadence Fin de Siècle New sculpture Symbolism Victorian/Genre

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