Joseph Gibbs (artist)

Joseph Gibbs

Nationality| British
Occupation| Portrait painter
Years active| 1852-1907

Joseph Gibbs was a portrait painter who worked in the area around Smethwick, then South Staffordshire (now part of the West Midlands county), England, during the period 1852 to 1907.[1]

He exhibited at some Royal Birmingham Society of Artists events.[1]

James Timmins Chance (1902) by Joseph Gibbs

Six of his works (five portraits and a pastoral scene showing two children crossing a river) are in the collection of Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery:[1][2]

* Mary Ann Richards (painted 1891)
* Muriel Dorothy Windle (1898)
* Sir James Timmins Chance (1902)
* Alderman George Bowden, Mayor of Smethwick (1904)
* Stepping Stones (The Nearest Way Home) (1907)
* Frederick Talbot, Headmaster of Chance's School, Smethwick

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Sir James Timmins Chance". Black Country History. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
2. ^ Artworks by or after Joseph Gibbs, Art UK. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

## External links

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* 6 artworks by or after Joseph Gibbs at the Art UK site