Gilbert Brown Wilson Artist

Gilbert Brown Wilson (1907–1991) was an American painter known for his large-scale murals, including his 1935 murals in Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Terre Haute, Indiana.Much of his later life was dedicated to depicting Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In 1955 a short film using this body of artwork won a Silver Reel Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1907
Birth place	Terre Haute Indiana
Nationality	United States
Date of death	January 01, 1991
Place of death	Frankfort Kentucky

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Artist

Influenced by	David Alfaro Siqueiros Diego Rivera Eugene Savage José Clemente Orozco
Movement	Social realism
training at	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Yale University Indiana State University