Object number
UAC/10163
Title
Spoonbills,
Exhibition
Creator
Description
Two spoonbills, in heavily shaded contrasts of white and grey, against beige/green rushes. The spoonbill on the left has its head tucked under its wing. Bottom left, in pencil: 13/15 Spoonbills. Signed bottom right.
Physical description
linocut on paper
Label Text
<div style="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><p><span><span>Seaby’s grandson, Robert Gillmor, has followed closely in his grandfather’s footsteps when it comes to his passion for colour print, wildlife, and birds. Gillmor studied at the University of Reading and produced his first illustrated book, A Study of Blackbirds, whilst he was still a schoolboy. He embarked on a full-time career as a wildlife artist in 1965 and is renowned, above all, for his striking colour-linocuts.</span></span></p><p><span><span>This pair of spoonbills, like many of Gillmor’s prints, is based on sketches he produced in the field along the Norfolk coast. With their long-legs and simple, bright plumage, spoonbills provide ideal subjects for Gillmor’s linocuts, where the visual impact is based on contrast; as he put it “This is no medium for little brown, streaky jobs that skulk in bushes.”</span></span></p></div>
Production date
1992 - 1992
School/style
British
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Credit line
The University of Reading Art Collection © Estate of Robert Gillmor
