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Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver
- Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Grinling Gibbons (1648 – 1721) is Britain's most celebrated wood carver, his name synonymous with an evergreen style of decoration that transformed the interiors of many of the nation's greatest palaces, churches and institutions.
Aug 15, 2022 · Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) was the most famous Master woodcarver and sculptor of all time. 2021 marks the tercentenary of his death.
Grinling Gibbons (born April 4, 1648, Rotterdam, Neth.—died Aug. 3, 1721, London, Eng.) was a British wood-carver known for his decorative woodwork and for much stone ornamentation at Blenheim and Hampton Court palaces and at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
WHO WAS GRINLING GIBBONS? Legendary artist, sculptor, craftsman – and the greatest of decorative carvers in British history, Grinling Gibbons left an indelible mark on the cultural identity of the nation.
The renowned carver and sculptor Grinling Gibbons worked extensively for successive English monarchs, in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, being appointed Master Carver to William III in 1693.
Grinling Gibbons (1648 – 1721) is Britain's most celebrated wood carver – his name synonymous with an evergreen style of decoration that transformed the interiors in many of the nation's greatest palaces, churches and institutions.
