(Hubert) Donald MacGeogh Gilbert ARBS
Born 1900
Died 1961
Active: 1921 - 1950
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Burcot, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and (probably) died in Sussex.
Works
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Lectern for Holbeach Church
1921 (Presumed)
Sketch Models of Marble Lions
1922 (Presumed)
The Antelope
1929 (Presumed)
£8 8s.
The Charm of Pan
1929 (Presumed)
£70
Europa
1930 (Presumed)
'AE' (George W. Russell, Esq.)
1934 (Presumed)
£200
H. V. Lanchester, Esq., FRIBA
1935 (Presumed)
F. W. Lanchester, Esq., LLD, FRS
1935 (Presumed)
Panther Prowling
1935
The late Sir Edward Elgar, Bart, OM, GCVO
1936 (Presumed)
The late Sir Edward Elgar, Bart, OM, GCVO
1936
Mozambique monkey
1936
Rhinoceros
1936
Sir Henry J. Wood
1937 (Presumed)
Turkey Cock
1938
Klipspringer
1938 (Presumed)
Heron
1938 (Presumed)
The Rt Hon. Lord Cadman of Silverdale, GCMG, DSc, Hon. LLD (B'ham) etc., etc.
1940 (Presumed)
The Rt Hon. Earl Baldwin of Dudley, KG
1946 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 8 Calthorpe Road Edgbaston Birmingham England | View on map
1921 (Presumed) - 1922 (Presumed)
Address 93 Holland Road Kensington London England | View on map
1929 (Circa) - 1930
Address 10 Aubrey Road Campden Hill London England | View on map
1929 (Circa) - 1930 (Circa)
Address 9 Pembroke Gardens Kensington London England | View on map
1934 (Circa)
Address 9 Pembroke Studios Pembroke Gardens London England | View on map
1935 (Presumed) - 1940 (Presumed)
From 1937 listed as 'Pembroke Studios'.
Address Noby's Planted Fields Bedham Fittleworth England | View on map
1944 - 1946
Address Nobys Planted Fields Bedham Fittleworth England | View on map
1946 (Presumed)
Studio located at Studio D 416 Fulham Road London England | View on map
1930
Studio located at 9 Pembroke Studios Pembroke Gdns London W8 England | View on map
1936 (Circa)
Studio located in Studio D 416 Fulham Road London England | View on map
1930 - 1934
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1922
'Sketch Models of Marble Lions'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1921
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1930
'Europa'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1935
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1936
'The late Sir Edward Elgar, Bart, OM, GCVO'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1937
'Sir Henry J. Wood '
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1938
'Klipspringer'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1938
'Heron'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1940
'The Rt Hon. Lord Cadman of Silverdale, GCMG, DSc, Hon. LLD (B'ham) etc., etc.'
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946
'The Rt Hon. Earl Baldwin of Dudley, KG'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Tenth, 1936
'Mozambique monkey'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1935
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929-1930
4 November 1929 - 8 February 1930
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1934
1934
Exhibited at Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The Late George W. Russell, Esq., DLit' (bronze, 1933, lent by the artist); 'The Charm of Pan' (bronze group, 1927, lent by the artist); 'Sir Granville Bantock' (plaster bronzed bust, 1933, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 69-71 [summary].
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1931 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Elected ARBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1936
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate member in Spring 1936.
Elected RBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1937 - 1950
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as a full Member in Spring 1937. Still listed as a Member in Autumn 1950.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1943 - 1961
Died in 1961.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1925 (Presumed) - 1926 (Presumed)
Awarded a second prize of £20 and a bronze medal, for a model of a design of a subject combined with architecture, in 1924. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1924', (1925), p. 32. Won a £10 rpize and silver medal for a design in relief containing figure and ornament, in 1925. See 'Annual Report, 1925', (1926), p. 36.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Walter Gilbert
Made bust of William Reid Dick
1944
Plaster and bronze versions exhibited for sale at the RGIFA in 1944, a year not currently sampled.
Nominated by Richard Louis Garbe
1931 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Gilbert William Bayes
1931 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1924, 1925 Royal Academy Annual Reports
20 February 1925
p. 32.
Catalogue for the Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929
1929
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Palace of Arts
Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1921
1921
p. 27.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1922
1922
p. 22.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1950
1950
p. 6.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1935
1935
p. 18.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1938 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1938
p. 22.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946
p. 13.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1936
1936
p. 23.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1936
1936
p. 3.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1937 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
May 1937
p. 23.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1937 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
May 1937
p. 3.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1938 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1938
p. 23.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1940 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1940
p. 17.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fifth Exhibition, 1934
1934
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1930
1930
p. 16.
Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art, 1935 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogues
1935
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'(Hubert) Donald MacGeogh Gilbert ARBS', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1204206717, accessed 26 Sep 2023]