Joseph Gibbs (artist)

Joseph Gibbs was a portrait painter who worked in the area around Smethwick, then South Staffordshire (now part of the West Midlands county), England, during the period 1852 to 1907.[1]

Joseph Gibbs
Portrait by Joseph Gibbs (1902)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPortrait painter
Years active1852-1907

He exhibited at some Royal Birmingham Society of Artists events.[1]

Six of his works (five portraits and a pastoral scene showing two children crossing a river) are in the collection of Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery:[1][2]

  • Mary Ann Richards (painted 1891)
  • Muriel Dorothy Windle (1898)
  • Sir James Timmins Chance (1902)
  • Alderman George Bowden, Mayor of Smethwick (1904)
  • Stepping Stones (The Nearest Way Home) (1907)
  • Frederick Talbot, Headmaster of Chance's School, Smethwick

References

  1. "Sir James Timmins Chance". Black Country History. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. Paintings by or after Joseph Gibbs, Art UK. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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