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ID: 500115455
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115455
 
Record Type: Person
Gibson, John (English sculptor, 1790-1866)

Note: Outstanding Neoclassical sculptor who experimented with the ancient practice of coloring statues, e.g. his 'Tinted Venus' (1851). Flaxman encourgaged him to go to Rome, where he spent most of his life. He left his fortune to the National Gallery, London. British sculptor, active Rome. Comment on works: sculptor

Names:
Gibson, John (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
John Gibson (V,display)
Gibson, John i (U)
Gibson (LU,U)
J. Gibson (LU,U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
Welsh
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
draftsman
painter

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Wales (United Kingdom) (country)
Died:  Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   Liverpool (England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
student of ....  Canova, Antonio  
..................  (Italian sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, 1757-1822) [500115339]
teacher of ....  Adams-Acton, John  
..................  (British sculptor, 1830-1910) [500690225]
teacher of ....  Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue  
..................  (American sculptor in Italy, 1830-1908) [500033554]
teacher of ....  Spence, Benjamin Edward  
..................  (British sculptor, 1822-1866) [500120086]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Gibson, John (I)

Biographies:
(English sculptor, 1790-1866) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British sculptor, 1790-1866, active in Rome) ..... [BHA]
(Welsh painter 1790-1866) ..... [GRLPA]
(British artist, 1790-1866) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1790-1866) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1790-1866) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British sculptor, 1790-1866) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(British sculptor, 1790-1866) ..... [AVERY]
(British artist, 1790-1866) ..... [PROV]
(English sculptor, 1790-1866) ..... [Grove Art]
(British sculptor, 1790-1866) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Gibson ........ [PROV]
...............  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Gibson, John ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
..........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..........................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 204
..........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..........................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 31467
..........................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
..........................  Witt Library, Authority files
Gibson, John i ........ [Grove Art]
............................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
J. Gibson ........ [PROV]
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
John Gibson ........ [VP]
........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
....................  DNB: Oxford National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: nr2001010841
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 27 July 2005
....................  Havlice, Index to Artistic Biography (1973)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: nr2001010841
....................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 204
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 31467
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q1700207
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CL-Courtauld, PROV, WL-Courtauld]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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