Name

H.P. Gill

Other names

GILL, Harry Pelling

Culture

English

Gender

Male

Birth date

9 March 1855

Birth place

Brighton, England View on map Close map

Death date

27 May 1916

Death Place

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia View on map Close map

Movements

Australia from 1882

Occupations

Art curator | Artist (painter) | craft worker | Gallery director | Painter | Printmaker | Teacher

Summary

Worked: Australia (SA). Etchings

Context

Australia

Biography

Harry Pelling Gill was born at Brighton in England, 9 March 1855. Gill was a painter, printmaker, etching artist, teacher and craft practitioner. Gill became the Principal and Examiner of the Adelaide School of Art (1881-1814), Director of Technical Art and Curator of the Art Gallery (1892-1909), and President of the South Australian Society of Arts. He worked with many South Australian artists, including Helen Hambidge. Harry Gill died tragically at sea, between Marseilles and Gibraltar, en route to England, 27 May 1916. ['Advertiser, 31 May 1916, p. 9, col. a', 'Register, 31 May 1916, p. 7, col. b'].
 

[courtesy of the State Library of South Australia, 25 May 2010]