Robert Gillmor (bird artist and illustrator) obituary (1 Viewer)

[Anon2020]

I’ve just been catching up on my weekend Guardian reading and came across Robert Gilmore’s obituary.

I’d never heard of him before but the examples of his work contained in the article show him to be a wonderful artist:

Robert Gillmor obituary

 

[Butty]

I’d never heard of him

How the world moves on... ☹️
(It would be good to spell his name right in the title of this thread at least.)

 

[Richard Prior]

A great bird artist, I always enjoyed seeing his work at Birdfair.

 

[Anon2020]

How the world moves on... ☹️
(It would be good to spell his name right in the title of this thread at least.)

You’re right. It’s what happens when using an ipad to write with two minutes to go before the start of a cup final.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

You’re right. It’s what happens when using an ipad to write with two minutes to go before the start of a cup final.

Have corrected the spelling in the title.

 

[Andy Adcock]

I have a couple of New Naturalist titles which are signed by him, illustrating some of the covers for this for this highly collectible series is something for which he was also well known.

 

[rollingthunder]

I used to keep the covers he did for the RSPB ‘Birds’ magazine as i liked his distinct style of illustration. When he got the gig for the New Naturalist i thought it a good follow on from Cyril and Rosemary Ellis whose distinct covers i thought a unique style. I have all the NN covers in half-size A4 which i have managed to download as images and often flick through them noting the transition from C n RE to Gillmor. I have a feeling that i bumped into him down the ‘Cressa mid-80’s when many bird illustrators came to check out the Scilly season and flog some of their work - i have some Grant and Millington myself.....

The Birdguides obituary is a good read and i attach a stunning image of a Bluethroat on Blakeney Point - why? Because i spent the 2 happiest Summers of my life (‘81 and ‘83) as a 20-something living in those buildings (The Lifeboat Station) to the right. Going to bed and waking up to 4k pairs of Sandwich Terns their young and associated Gulls and Waders was a cacophony that i never tired of. #RIPRG

Laurie -

 

[Andy Adcock]

I used to keep the covers he did for the RSPB ‘Birds’ magazine as i liked his distinct style of illustration. When he got the gig for the New Naturalist i thought it a good follow on from Cyril and Rosemary Ellis whose distinct covers i thought a unique style. I have all the NN covers in half-size A4 which i have managed to download as images and often flick through them noting the transition from C n RE to Gillmor. I have a feeling that i bumped into him down the ‘Cressa mid-80’s when many bird illustrators came to check out the Scilly season and flog some of their work - i have some Grant and Millington myself.....

The Birdguides obituary is a good read and i attach a stunning image of a Bluethroat on Blakeney Point - why? Because i spent the 2 happiest Summers of my life (‘81 and ‘83) as a 20-something living in those buildings (The Lifeboat Station) to the right. Going to bed and waking up to 4k pairs of Sandwich Terns their young and associated Gulls and Waders was a cacophony that i never tired of. #RIPRG

Laurie -

I immediately recognised that as part of the cover of a book, 'The birds of Blakeny Point'.

The Birds of Blakeney Point by Stoddart, Andy

Buy The Birds of Blakeney Point by Stoddart, Andy, Joyner, Steve, McCallum, James (ISBN: 9780954254520) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[rollingthunder]

Must give it a read Andy - i could maybe fill in one or two details and they could enlighten me as to where the clutch of eggs from the first recorded nest of Kentish Plover went? Ostensibly it was the Castle Museum, Norwich but they haven’t answered my enquiry ;-)

Good birding -

Laurie -

 

[Melanie]

I've often read that Robert Gillmor has contributed to Birds of the Western Palearctic by Stanley Cramp. Which tables are by him?