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	Grinling Gibbons - LoveToKnow 1911
		GRINLING GIBBONS (1648-1721), English wood-carver, was born in 1648, according to some authorities of Dutch parents at Rotterdam, and according to others of English parents at London.
		He, however, sometimes wasted his ingenuity on trifling subjects; many of his flowers used to move on their stems like their natural prototypes when shaken by a breeze.
		In 1714 Gibbons was appointed master carver in wood to George I. He died at London on the 3rd of August 17 21.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Grinling_Gibbons (303 words)

	Grinling Gibbons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the many bookcase carvings Gibbons made for the Wren Library, Cambridge.
		Master wood carver Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648-3 August 1721) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, but moved to England in about 1667.
		There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grinling_Gibbons (296 words)

	Grinling Gibbons - Master Wood Carver
		Gibbons was discovered by Evelyn, "by mere accident as I was walking neere a poore solitary thatched house, in a field in our parish, neere Sayes Court." Evelyn was considerably impressed with the gifts of this brilliant carver and brought his work to the notice of Charles II.
		Gibbons fame and expertise led to his being employed by Christopher Wren at St Paul's Cathedral and at other London City churches, at Royal palaces and the manor homes of the nobility.
		Grinling Gibbons´ speciality was the carving of mirror frames for Venetian style mirrors during the Restoration Period in profuse and exuberant ornamental styles.
	www.furniturestyles.net /european/english/grinling-gibbons.html (517 words)

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		Master wood carver Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 - 3 August 1721) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and moved to England in about 1667.
		Gibbons was an extremely talented wood carver; indeed, some have said he was the finest of all time.
		His association with Deptford is commemorated locally: Grinling Gibbons Primary School is in Clyde Street, near the site of Sayes Court, and St.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Grinling_Gibbons (493 words)

	Grinling Gibbons, master woodcarver
		Gibbons was fortunate in that he was blessed with extraordinary talent in woodworking, and that his talent was recognized and promoted by a succession of patrons until he eventually came to the notice of Charles II.
		Charles gave Gibbons commissions, as did William III and George I. Gibbons was also a favourite of the premier architect of the age, Christopher Wren.
		The genius of Gibbons is not simply that he had a remarkable ability to mold and shape wood, but that he evolved a distinct style that was all his own.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/gibbons.htm (540 words)

	Magazine Antiques: Grinling Gibbons: aspects of his style and technique - renowned Georgian-era sculptor/woodcarver, ...
		Gibbons did not invent the type of carving with which he is now most closely identified, namely decorative overmantels and architectural embellishments.
		Gibbons also introduced a curvilinear rhythm in his work that was unknown before in England, where rigid linear forms had been the norm for several hundred years.
		Gibbons and his colleagues were not considered artists but tradesmen.(5) Architects or their draftsmen prepared drawings for their patrons, which were added to by Gibbons and his team (see Pls.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n4_v154/ai_21218081 (1441 words)

	Grinling Gibbons Primary School
		If you are considering a school place for your child we hope that this website will provide you with useful information to enable you to make that decision, or please do get in touch with us to arrange a visit.
		Should you decide to choose Grinling Gibbons as your child’s school, we look forward to sharing this period of your child’s life with you and hope that together we ensure the maximum benefits and rewarding experiences during their time spent at our school.
		Copyright © 2006 Grinling Gibbons Primary School,London Borough of Lewisham.
	www.ggibbons.lewisham.sch.uk (311 words)

	Gibbons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christopher Gibbons (1615 - 1676) - English composer, son of Orlando.
		Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840-1913) Philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
		See also Gibbon for uses of the term as a nominal singular.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gibbons (134 words)

	London - Grinling Gibbons And His Works
		Gibbons later on sold this particular specimen of his work to Sir G. Viner, but it is satisfactory to know that the King ultimately asserted himself and employed Gibbons at Windsor, Whitehall and Kensington, much to the advantage of these buildings.
		The ceiling at Petworth is considered by many to be his masterpiece, and it was here that his pupil and assistant, Selden, lost his life in endeavouring to save the carving under his care from being destroyed by a fire which suddenly broke out in the mansion.
		Gibbons died on August 3rd, 1720, and is buried in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles06/london-58.shtml (624 words)

	Dining Room - Drumlanrig Castle, with Grinling Gibbons Carvings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This oak panelled room was originally the entrance hall, with access from the Courtyard through the large oak studded door between the two fireplaces.
		Above these fireplaces and the doors the wood carvings are believed to be by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721).
		Gibbons worked extensively for Anne, Duchess of Monmouth and Buccleuch, at Moor Park and Dalkeith Palace.
	www.buccleuch.com /pages/content.asp?PageID=57 (256 words)

	Grinling Gibbons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Grinling Gibbons was born 350 years ago to English parents in Rotterdam, where his father was a draper.
		Among those working on the project was the sculptor Artus Quellin I (1609-1668) to whom Gibbons may have been apprenticed, for he later formed a short-lived partnership with Artus Quellin III (1653-1686), another member of the family.
		If he was apprenticed to Artus Quellin I, which is not documented, he could have been involved in a minor way in work at the town hall.
	www.chippendale.co.uk /theschool/gibbons.htm (118 words)

	Gibbons, Grinling -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Gibbon was born at Putney in Surrey, England, on May 8, 1737.
		Although it is considerably larger than the other gibbons, the siamang is no less agile, using its long, slender arms to propel itself from branch to branch high above the floor of the rain forest and occasionally leaping as far as 30 feet (9 meters)...
		A leading exponent of impressionistic art criticism, James Gibbons Huneker was a highly regarded U.S. essayist as well as a music, literary, and drama critic.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9036742?tocId=9036742 (801 words)

	Grinling Gibbons by Esterly, David
		Grinling Gibbons (1648—1721) is famous for giving wood "the loose and airy lightness of flowers." His flamboyant cascades of blossoms, fruits, foliage, birds, and fish dominate late 17th-century English interiors at Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, and numerous great country houses.
		This is the first book to illustrate Gibbons' spectacular work in color and the first to examine his unique construction methods and formidable carving techniques.
		Esterly is curator of the Grinling Gibbons exhibition opening at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in October 1998.
	www.spencermarks.com /html/grinling_gibbons.html (304 words)

	The Magazine Antiques: Grinling Gibbons: aspects of his style and technique. (renowned Georgian-era ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Grinling Gibbons: aspects of his style and technique.
		Gibbons was highly accomplished and knowledge of his early years in the Netherlands is key to grasping his style and manner of working.
		The artist's work was to be in and out of favor over the years even within his lifetime, but the end of the 19th century was to revive renewed appreciation in his work.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:21218081&refid=holomed_1 (203 words)

	Station Information - Grinling Gibbons
		Master wood carver Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648-3 August 1721) was born in Rotterdam but moved to England in about 1667.
		An extremely talented wood carver, said by some to be the finest of all time, he was discovered by chance in 1671 by the diarist John Evelyn from whom he was renting a cottage near his home in Sayes Court, Deptford, today part of south-east London.
		Many fine examples of his work can still be seen in the churches around London, particularly the choir stalls and organ case of St Paul's Cathedral.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grinling_gibbons.html (262 words)

	Style Guide People Page
		The celebrated woodcarver and sculptor Grinling Gibbons was born in Rotterdam and settled in London in 1671.
		Gibbons was famous for his extremely intricate limewood carvings of flowers, fruit, foliage, birds and fish which were created to embellish private houses and churches.
		Gibbon's work was characterised by artistic virtuosity, exuberant style and naturalistic subject-matter.
	www.vam.ac.uk /vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/bg_styles/Style03b/people/people1.html (98 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Grinling Gibbons
		Gibbons, Grinling (1648-1720), English sculptor, best known for his superbly decorative carved woodwork in palaces, country houses, churches, and...
		Gibbon, common name for any of the small anthropoid apes found in the subequatorial forests of India, Indochina, and the Malay Archipelago.
		Ape, any of 13 species of large, highly intelligent primates, including chimpanzees, gorillas, gibbons, and orangutans.
	encarta.msn.com /Grinling_Gibbons.html (111 words)

	AllRefer.com - Grinling Gibbons (European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Grinling Gibbons, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
		Grinling Gibbons 1648–1721, English wood carver and sculptor, b.
		Blenheim, Whitehall Palace, and the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contain masterly carvings by Gibbons.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GibbonsG.html (220 words)

	Chris Pye: Woodcarving - David Esterly:Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving
		David Esterly is an outstanding carver and was involved in the restoration of Gibbons' carvings after the awful fire at Hampton Court Palace in 1986.
		It is Esterley's background as a scholar, coupled with his skill as a woodcarver and his unique experience of reproducing and restoring Gibbons' work, that has enabled him to produce this book.
		A study and rejoicing in Gibbons' life and work this is the companion book to the exhibition.
	www.chrispye-woodcarving.com /writing/recbks/w_recbk_esterly.html (399 words)

	Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) - Explore St Paul's Cathedral
		Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) - Explore St Paul's Cathedral
		Of the outstanding wood-carvers whose work adorns St Paul's Cathedral, none is as celebrated as Grinling Gibbons, who was born in Rotterdam of English parents in 1648.
		He came to England as a youth, and was discovered in 1671 by John Evelyn the diarist 'in a poore solitary thatched house in a field' in Kent.
	www.explore-stpauls.net /oct03/textMM/GrinlingGibbonsN.htm (279 words)

	Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving at The Best Things (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Grinling Gibbons is widely regarded as the greatest wood carver of all time.
		Working after the Great Fire, Gibbons, like Wren, had a great impact on the styles that would define the London we know and love.
		David Esterly is himself a master carver and led the restoration effort at of Gibbons work at Hampton Court after the tragic fire there in the 1980s.
	www.thebestthings.com /books/gibbons.htm (136 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		These are among the best stonework of Grinling Gibbons, who was responsible at Blenheim for enrichments in stone and marble to the tune of just over £4,000, Gibbons also did much of the work on the roofs.
		In this Great Court, as well as the lions (£25 each), there are his trophies on the colonnades (£40 each), and his Marlborough coat of arms (£75) in the tympanum of the portico.
		Gibbons' workshop was in the stables block (the only part of the west court completed) and out of it came all the urns, vases and finials and most of the statues.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/historichouses/south_east/blenheim_palace/bpgtcort.html (546 words)

	London - Geffrye Museum
		I had cherished the mistaken belief that Gibbons was an Englishman for so long that it was with regret I found that this great artist was born in Rotterdam and only came to England in 1667 when he was twenty-four years old.
		Later research has destroyed the widely-spread belief that Grinling Gibbons carved the pedestal for King Charles L's statue in Trafalgar Square, but over the mantelpiece in the vestry of St. Dunstan's-inthe-East, between Great Tower Street and Lower Thames Street, you will find another carving.
		The house fell down, says an old record, in 1701, " but by a genial providence none of the family were killed," and they seem to have propped up their house, for they went on living there till Grinling Gibbons died in 1721.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/london46.shtml (674 words)

	Grinling Gibbons - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Grinling Gibbons - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		His association with Deptford are commemorated locally - Grinling Gibbons Primary School is on the corner of Evelyn Street, near the site of Sayes Court.
		The article about Grinling Gibbons contains information related to Grinling Gibbons.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Grinling_Gibbons (317 words)

	Travel \| Simply red
		The 3rd Earl made his new dining room out of a room that was already one of the most famous and admired in Petworth, executed by Grinling Gibbons in around 1690.
		Gibbons is regarded by many as the finest wood carver who ever lived, and the room was generally agreed to hold some of his finest work.
		Where carvings had completely disappeared, or were damaged beyond repair, craftsmen from the Tankerdale workshop have made replacements - having to match their skills against Grinling Gibbons for some pieces and poor Ritson on a bad day for others.
	travel.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4406560-106212,00.html (1297 words)

	Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving (David Esterly) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Esterly has created scholarly yet engaging study of the life and work of Gibbons, arguably the greatest and most well known master of the art.
		Historians, woodworkers and art enthusiasts will be find his account of Gibbon's life and work as complete a treatment of the subject as they could hope to find.
		While there is much carefully explained technical information concerning the mechanics of carving and creating Gibbon's monumental works it is presented with rare clarity and enthusiasm.
	www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/0810941422.htm (261 words)

	IGMA \| Education
		Grinling Gibbons, 1648 - 1721, was the greatest of decorative woodcarvers, and one of the most well-known British carvers.
		The students will use pear wood and a scalpel knife to create an over-mantle of floral drops and swags in the style of Grinling Gibbons.
		They will be shown the techniques for carving in his style and adhering them to the fire-surround to produce a decorative display piece.
	www.igma.org /education/guildschool/2004classes/24_hodgson.html (245 words)

	The Grinling Gibbons Primary School (Change to School Session Times) Order 2003
		Whereas the governing body of Grinling Gibbons Primary School has, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Education Act 2002[1], consulted the local education authority which maintains the school, the parents of registered pupils and the staff working at the school:
		This Order may be cited as the Grinling Gibbons Primary School (Change to School Session Times) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 28th April 2003.
		The Changing of School Session Times Regulations 1999[2] shall not apply to the governing body of Grinling Gibbons Primary School of Clyde St, Deptford, London, SE8 5LW.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2003/20030716.htm (587 words)

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