Bob Gill
Bob Gill was an American graphic designer, illustrator, typographer and picture book writer (1931–2021). He was born at New York City and died at Brooklyn.
Also recorded as Robert C. Gill; Ρόμπερτ Τσαρλς Γκιλ; Ρόμπερτ Σι Γκιλ; Robert Charles Gill.
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Formation and teaching
Bob Gill studied at Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and City College of New York.
Identity
What the record establishes about Bob Gill.
Bob Gill is recorded with the occupation picture book writer. Bob Gill is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Bob Gill is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Bob Gill is recorded with the occupation typographer. Bob Gill is recorded as a citizen of United States. Bob Gill is recorded as graphic designer, illustrator, typographer and picture book writer.
Bob Gill is recorded with the citizenship of United States.
Works and catalogued output
What Bob Gill produced.
Catholic Schoolgirls Smoking during Lunch Break, Ardoyne, Belfast is dated 1984 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1993.92). African malaria conference. is dated 1999 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 20 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Bob Gill stands.
Volume 10. 'British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa After the Second World War' is dated 1987-2001 and held by Wellcome Collection. Miscellaneous correspondence with colleagues and on professional matters is dated 1930-1981 and held by Wellcome Collection. Bob Gill is also recorded as Robert C. Gill; Ρόμπερτ Τσαρλς Γκιλ; Ρόμπερτ Σι Γκιλ; Robert Charles Gill. Heberden Round File. Photographs of Roundsmen is dated 1930-1980s and held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Holdings and surviving copies
The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 8 objects associated with this heading. The present (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Catalogued works
26 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1930 to 1999.
Le cadeau. Minor league football, 1960-1985. Unspecial effects for graphic designers. Bob Gill So Far. A ballon for a blunderbuss. Bob Gill's New York. Forget All the Rules About Graphic Design. Forget all the rules you ever learned about graphic design. Forget all the rules you ever learned about graphic design, including the ones in this book. Graphic Design as a Second Language. Graphic design made difficult. The millionaires. A to Z. Ups & downs. What color is your world? I Keep Changing. Logomania. Bob Gill's portfolio. Illustration. The green-eyed mouse and the blue-eyed mouse. Catholic Schoolgirls Smoking during Lunch Break, Ardoyne, Belfast, dated 1984, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.92. African malaria conference., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Heberden Round File. Photographs of Roundsmen, dated 1930-1980s, held by Wellcome Collection. Volume 10. 'British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa After the Second World War', dated 1987-2001, held by Wellcome Collection. Miscellaneous correspondence with colleagues and on professional matters, dated 1930-1981, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1915Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1930Miscellaneous correspondence with colleagues and on professional matters is dated 1930-1981 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1930Heberden Round File. Photographs of Roundsmen is dated 1930-1980s and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1931Bob Gill born at New York City.
- 1931Bob Gill was born on 17 January 1931.
- 1984Catholic Schoolgirls Smoking during Lunch Break, Ardoyne, Belfast is dated 1984 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1993.92).
- 1987Volume 10. 'British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa After the Second World War' is dated 1987-2001 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1999African malaria conference. is dated 1999 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 2010The present (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 2021Bob Gill died at Brooklyn.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Open Library author record for Bob Gill (Internet Archive), 20 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Bob Gill as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Bob Gill.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Bob Gill.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q4932541: Bob Gill
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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