Josiah Gilbert
Josiah Gilbert (born October 7, 1814 in Rotherham in Yorkshire , † August 10, 1892 in London ) was an English painter , draftsman, explorer and art writer and art critic.
The son of the couple Joseph and Ann Gilbert was baptized on February 9, 1815 in the Nether Chapel Norfolk Street-Independent in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Gilbert attended the Royal Academy of Arts in London , where he first worked as a portrait painter, but in 1843 he moved to Marden Ash near Ongar , where he has lived since then, busy with literary and artistic work.
He traveled to the Dolomites with George Cheetham Churchill and wrote the travel guide The Dolomite Mountains (published in 1864) with him between 1861 and 1863 . Both were members of the Geological Society of London and so the book contains not only travelogues in the form of letters to friends at home but also geological chapters. The book was published in 1864, the German translation in 1865.
Works
- Type: its scope and purpose; or, a brief exposition of its principles: a lecture delivered at a Mechanics' Institution, (with subsequent additions) . London, 1858.
- George Cheetham Churchill and Josiah Gilbert: The Dolomite mountains excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli in 1861, 1861, and 1863 with a geological chapter . London: Longman, Green and Co, 1864.
- The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Krain and Friuli in 1861, 1862 and 1863. geolog. Sections by Josiah Gilbert and GC Churchill, from d. Engl. By Gustav Adolf Zwanziger. Klagenfurt: Kleinmayr, 1865–1868.
- Cadore, or Titian's country . London: Longman, Green and Co, 1869.
- Art and religion . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1871.
- Ann Taylor and Josiah Gilbert (Eds.): Autobiography and other memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, (formerly Ann Taylor). With portr. and illustr . London: King, 1874.
- Landscape in art before Claude and Salvator (1885)
- Edward C. Porter (Ed.): Six letters relating to travel 1865–1869 . Private print 1954.
literature
- Josiah Gilbert . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 54, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22794-3 , p. 47.
- Gilbert, Josiah . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 27 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilbert, Josiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Author and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotherham in Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1892 |
| Place of death | London |