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Charles Allan Gilbert

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American illustrator (1873-1929)

United StatesArtistsLived 1873 to 1929 · aged 55
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Charles Allan Gilbert, better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing titled All Is Vanity.

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All is Vanity (1892)All is Vanity (1892)Pastel painting, Woman with Rose (1920), by C. Allan GilbertPastel painting, Woman with Rose (1920), by C. Allan GilbertSilhouette by Gilbert for the 1916 animated film Inbad the TailorSilhouette by Gilbert for the 1916 animated film Inbad the Tailor

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Charles Allan Gilbert, better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror of her vanity table, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull. The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is also known as a vanity. The phrase "All is vanity" comes from Ecclesiastes 1:2 It refers to the vanity and pride of humans. In art, vanity has long been represented as a woman preoccupied with her beauty. And art that contains a human skull as a focal point is called a memento mori, a work that reminds people of their mortality.

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United States
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Lived 1873 to 1929 · aged 55
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