Background
He also collaborated with his father, Walter Gilbert, a sculptor at His (or Her) Highness Martyn.
He also collaborated with his father, Walter Gilbert, a sculptor at His (or Her) Highness Martyn.
He studied at prestigious art schools in England, Rome and Florence before beginning his career. Gilbert was born in Burcot, Worcestershire in 1900 and as a child studied at Rugby School.
He did works under his own name, such as commissions for the Adelphi building in London. Aside from studies in Florence and Rome, Gilbert studied at the Birmingham Central School of Art, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy, where he was a silver and bronze medalist. He exhibited at Chenil Galleries, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, Royal Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and Walker Gallery in Liverpool.
Gilbert, who worked under his full name, became a member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1937.