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News and Articles on Eric Gill
A bright new dawn for Morecambe May 4, 2008
Not only was it a funky new slice of Modernism but one for which the hotel's architect, Oliver Hill, an Arts-and-Craftsman who had been switched on to modernity after a trip to Stockholm in 1930, had commissioned a stunning interior, with murals by Eric Gill and Eric Ravilious, and carpets by Marion Dorn, who also designed a seahorse motif which cropped up on everything from mosaics to crockery to light fixtures and reliefs on the facade ... And, having craved a happy ending, seeing Eric Gill's... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Back - due to popular demand May 3, 2008
Anson next became attached to the third order of Franciscans in Italy and began on his career as connoisseur extraordinaire, not just of church furnishings, but also of church characters: Abbot Sir David Oswald Hunter-Blair; Eric Gill at Ditchling pouring scorn on ungodly railway lines and typewriters; that enigmatic couple Raffalovich and Gray. Anson brings unrivalled insights into the strangely exotic world of 20th-century monastic communities, most of them now dispersed and their buildings... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Tolkien trilogy sold at auction Jun 6, 2007
The book, with engravings by Eric Gill, attracted the highest bid of 4,200. Extensive collection. (Yahoo News -- Lord of the Rings)
Love lettersIt's Swiss. It's 50. You see it a thousand times a day. Why? May 10, 2007
But give me Gill Sans anyday, designed by stone cutter Eric Gill as a tribute to Johnston's competition (to design it) winning London Underground face. Both are based on straight lines and circles. (BBC News -- Business)
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