Augustus John
Painting, Visual Artist
1878 – 1961
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Who was Augustus John?
Augustus Edwin John OM, RA, was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom.
"Augustus was celebrated first for his brilliant figure drawings, and then for a new technique of oil sketching. His work was favourably compared in London with that of Gauguin and Matisse. He then developed a style of portraiture that was imaginative and often extravagant, catching an instantaneous attitude in his subjects."
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1878
Tenby - Also known as
- Augustus Edwin John
- Siblings
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Welsh people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University College London
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Lived in
- Tenby
- Died
- Oct 31, 1961
Fordingbridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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