Dennis GILBERT

This painter is like a beacon,radiating his sheer enjoyment from every canvas or small watercolour
- an example to us all.
"Dennis is a painter’s painter, with roots in Turner, Constable and the great French & Italian Masters.” - Leonard McComb RA 2002 and
“....his feeling for gladed backwaters, which whether in Venice or on the Thames possess a richness of colour that, to paraphrase Matisse, - lighten up a dark room.”
These comments summarise the esteem in which Dennis is held in the art world.
His preferred media are oils, watercolours and pastels; he particularly enjoys painting landscapes, flowers, portraits and nudes, ( but not necessarily in that order! ).
Whilst he especially likes the countryside in the Thames Valley he also finds all towns with beautiful parks, waterways and buildings attractive.
He lives and works in Chelsea where he has a beautiful studio built in the Arts & Crafts style, he also has many painter and musician friends with whom he is able to enjoy good music, food, wine and above all good company.
His favourite cities are London,Paris and of course, Venice; so we have illustrated his splendid Festa del Redentore, which began as a vow on behalf of the city of Venice - under Doge Alvise Mocenigo in 1576, to express their thanks for the city’s deliverance from the plague.This Festa is celebrated with an enormous firework display on the third Sunday of July every year.

We are really honoured to be able to present this specially chosen collection of Dennis's work in this memorable year and admire his unbounded energy and enjoyment of life, which is so obviously reflected in his paintings. Noel Oddy, 2007
Copyright www.oddyart.com 2007
Dennis Gilbert was taught draughtsmanship at St Martin’s School of Art one of the finest centres of art training in London
He then proceeded to teach at
Hammersmith School of Art Wimbledon School of Art
Kingston School of Art & Chelsea School of Art - where he was Senior Lecturer - until he retired in 1986 to become a full-time painter.

Selected One-Man exhibitions:

Kensington Art Gallery 1950
Federation of British Artists 1969
Langton Gallery 1982
Stephen Bartley Gallery 1985
Gill Drey Gallery 1989
Goodnestone Park 1992
Highgate Fine Art 1997, 2002
Piers Feetham Gallery 2002

Selected Group exhibitions:
Royal Academy London
Paris Salon
New Englsh Art Club
Royal Festival Hall
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Browse & Darby Gallery
Leicester Gallery
W H Patterson Fine Art
Piccadilly Gallery
Redfern Gallery
Wildenstein Gallery
King Street Gallery
Phoenix Gallery Lavenham
Medici Gallery
Piers Feetham Gallery
Turin International Drawings Fair
Highgate Fine Art

Societies of which he is a member:
New English Art Club
Society of Landscape Painters
Small Paintings Group
Contemporary Portrait Society
National Society of Painters
Chelsea Art Society
Nine Elms Group

Works in overseas collections:
Australia Canada Colombia
Denmark France Germany
Holland Iran Italy
Japan Lebanon New Zealand
Oman Spain Sweden
USA Yugoslavia

Paintings