Gwen John
Painting, Visual Artist
1876 – 1939
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Who was Gwen John?
Gwendolen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John, her reputation has grown steadily since her death.
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- Born
- Jun 22, 1876
Haverfordwest - Siblings
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Welsh people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Lived in
- Haverfordwest
- Died
- Sep 18, 1939
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Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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