Lot 2363: Colin Gill (1892-1940), A Portrait of Carline

Colin Gill (1892-1940), A Portrait of Carline Henderson, Aged 10 or 11, signed l.r., red Conté, 30cm x 25cm Colin Gill, 1892-1940, a decorative and genre painter, born in Bexleyheath, Kent, a cousin of the sculptor and printmaker, Eric Gill. Studied at the Slade School and, in 1913, won a scholarship to the British School at Rome. His scholarship was interrupted by the First World War during which he served in France from 1915 to 1918 and was appointed an Official War Artist. From 1922-25, he was a member of staff at the Royal College of Art. His work is held in the Tate Gallery and the Imperial War Museum.