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Gill Exhibition at Ditchling Museum
Eric Gill and Ditchling:
The Workshop Tradition
9th June - 7th October 2007
It is 100 years since Eric Gill (1882-1940) moved to Ditchling in Sussex where he spent his most creative years.
This exhibition celebrates this centenary and will explore how living in the village transformed Gill's life and work. It will also examine Gill's importance to the modern art movement in the early twentieth century, revealing how his philosophy and work practices lived on in Ditchling through the work of his first apprentice Joseph Cribb (1892-1967). Joseph Cribb arrived in Ditchling with Gill in 1907.
The exhibition will include examples of Gill's sculpture, engravings, drawings, books, correspondence and archive material, alongside works of his associates in Ditchling. Many examples of Cribb's work will also be shown. Much of the material in the exhibition has not been on display before. It is drawn from Ditchling Museum's collection and from private collections.
Alongside the Gill exhibition there will be a display of material from Ditchling Museum's recently acquired Evan Gill Collection of his brother's work and archives.
Joe Cribb