Norman Gilbert | ‘The 91-year-old rebel artist’
Meet Norman Gilbert, the rebel artist who was told he was ‘unteachable’ while studying at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1940s.
About Norman Gilbert
Norman Gilbert was born in Trinidad to Scottish parents and grew up in Troon, Ayrshire. After having served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1948 to 1952. Gilbert’s paintings are defined by vivid colour, intricate pattern, and a harmonious balance between figure and space. A painter of considerable sensitivity, he centred his work around his own domestic life; providing both an intimate and inviting insight into an otherwise hidden world.
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