Gwen John / Interiors and Introspection

Self-Portrait, 1902, by Gwen John.

Gwen John

1876–1939

Interiors and Introspection

My hero / Gwen John by Anne Enright

Gwendolen Mary John 

(22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) 

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 and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation 

has grown steadily since her death.

Gwen John, Self-portrait, 1900, National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK.

Gwen John, Girl with bare shoulders, 1909, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.
Parisian art society

Gwen John, La Chambre Sur La Cour, 1907-08, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Tenby girl turned Parisian muse

Auguste Rodin, Monument to James McNeill Whistler, Study for the naked muse, model Gwen John, 1908, Musee Rodin, Paris, France.
Love and Friendship

Gwen John, Interior with figures, 1898-99, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

Gwen John, Girl Reading At A Window, 1911, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.

Gwen John, The Nun, late 1910s, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK. Tate.

Gwen John, A Corner Of The Artists Room in Paris, 1907-09, National Museum, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
God’s little artist

Gwen John, Cat, 1904-08, Tate, London, England, UK.
Women and Freedom

Gwen John, The Brown Teapot, 1915-16, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Painting Technique

Gwen John, Young Woman Holding a Black Cat, 1920-25, Tate, London, England, UK.

Gwen John, Young Woman in a Red Shawl, 1917-23, York Museums Trust, York, England, UK. Art UK.

Gwen John, A Birdcage (House in a Landscape), c.1920s, National Museum, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Wealthy Patron

Gwen John, The Convalescent, 1923-24, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, UK.
Neglected genius

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