Eric Gill

This article first appeared as 'An oblique profile' in The Press on 12 July 2013.

This article first appeared as 'Artist captured poetry in wood carving' in The Press on 11 November 2014.

This article first appeared as 'Wood engraving artist finally won recognition' in The Press on 27 June 2014.

This article first appeared as 'Death mastered' in The Press on 28 March 2013.

If the question "what is the largest individual collection area numerically held by the Gallery?" was to be asked, the answer would have to be the Works on Paper collection, within which are 2145 original contemporary and historical prints, the earliest dating from the second half of the fifteenth century.

This article first appeared in The Press on 14 December 2005

At just 14 cm tall, the exquisite St Brendan and the Sea Monsters by Irish-born Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) is one of the smallest works in Christchurch Art Gallery's collection, but carries with it some of the largest tales. A rhythmic composition of swirling sea serpents, stingrays and sharks, this finely-crafted woodcut print tells the story of 6th century Irish explorer-monk St. Brendan, or Brendan the Navigator, whose recorded travels were an important part of medieval European folklore, and which continue to fascinate.