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Gwen John

Portrait of Augustus John
Portrait of Augustus John

Portrait of Augustus John

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

He was the most important artist of his generation, his sister Gwen John was also an accomplished painter in her own right.

Category

1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great Women Painters
Great Women Painters

Great Women Painters

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

Artists featured include: Hilma af Klint, Eileen Agar, Sofonisba Anguissola, Cecily Brown, Leonora Carrington, Mary Cassatt, Elaine de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Nicole Eisenman, Jadé F...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave people, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a cavewoman, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a cavewoman, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a cavewoman, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British
Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave  people, British

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave people, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman family, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman family, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman family, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman couple, British
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman couple, British

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman couple, British

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British, 20th C
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British, 20th C

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British, 20th C

By Augustus Edwin John

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

It was Augusta who instilled a passion for drawing in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at th...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

English School, Circa 1895, Portrait of a Young Woman Artist
English School, Circa 1895, Portrait of a Young Woman Artist

English School, Circa 1895, Portrait of a Young Woman Artist

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

Watercolour was an important part of academic training, and many female students distinguished themselves in the medium, among them figures such as Gwen John, Ursula Tyrwhitt, and Id...

Category

1890s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Landscape - 20th Century Landscape Painting by Gwyneth Johnstone with Church
Landscape - 20th Century Landscape Painting by Gwyneth Johnstone with Church

Landscape - 20th Century Landscape Painting by Gwyneth Johnstone with Church

By Gwyneth Johnstone

Located in Kingsclere, GB

The daughter of Augustus John and niece of Gwen John, two of the most prominent British painters of the earlier twentieth century, Johnstone was born in late 1914, though always kept...

Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Untitled (Blues and Browns), Oil on Board Painting by Wendy Pasmore, 1961
Untitled (Blues and Browns), Oil on Board Painting by Wendy Pasmore, 1961

Untitled (Blues and Browns), Oil on Board Painting by Wendy Pasmore, 1961

Located in Kingsclere, GB

In 1955, there was a shift in her career and Wendy was elected a Member of the Women’s International Art Club, a society that aimed to help women artists by arranging dedicated exhib...

Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board

Untitled (5227C) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988
Untitled (5227C) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988

Untitled (5227C) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988

By Wendy Pasmore

Located in Kingsclere, GB

In 1955, there was a shift in her career and Wendy was elected a Member of the Women’s International Art Club, a society that aimed to help women artists by arranging dedicated exhib...

Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Bits and Pieces No.5) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988
Untitled (Bits and Pieces No.5) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988

Untitled (Bits and Pieces No.5) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988

By Wendy Pasmore

Located in Kingsclere, GB

In 1955, there was a shift in her career and Wendy was elected a Member of the Women’s International Art Club, a society that aimed to help women artists by arranging dedicated exhib...

Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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Cat Drinking from Bowl
Cat Drinking from Bowl

Cat Drinking from Bowl

By Gwen John

Located in New York, NY

This animal (sometimes with her kittens) is the subject of most of Gwen John's cat drawings; she also appears in the painting "La Chambre sur le Cour" (see Cecily Langdale, "Gwen Joh...

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Young Woman with Loose Hair: Ida Nettleship

Young Woman with Loose Hair: Ida Nettleship

By Gwen John

Located in New York, NY

The subject is Ida Nettleship (1877 - 1907) who was a student at the Slade School with Gwen John and who stayed with her and Gwen Salmond in Paris during the winter of 1898 - 1899.

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Fine Drawing/Study of Edward Nettleship by Augustus John RA.
Fine Drawing/Study of Edward Nettleship by Augustus John RA.

Fine Drawing/Study of Edward Nettleship by Augustus John RA.

By Augustus John

Located in London/Yorkshire, GB

He had also studied together with his sister Gwen John in Paris. He was associated with the New English Art Club and the Camden Town Group but remained largely independent from artis...

Category

1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

STUDY of a SEATED FEMAIL NUDE FROM BEHIND.Augustas Edwin John.OM RA British
STUDY of a SEATED FEMAIL NUDE FROM BEHIND.Augustas Edwin John.OM RA British

STUDY of a SEATED FEMAIL NUDE FROM BEHIND.Augustas Edwin John.OM RA British

Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares

John’s sister, Gwen John, was also a highly regarded artist who worked with the painter James McNeill Whistler and the sculptor Auguste Rodin. 1908), a portrait of John’s second wife...

Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Bronze Sculpture of Augustus John by Barney Seale, 1937
Bronze Sculpture of Augustus John by Barney Seale, 1937

Bronze Sculpture of Augustus John by Barney Seale, 1937

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H 11.82 in W 11.03 in D 9.85 in

Bronze Sculpture of Augustus John by Barney Seale, 1937

Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire

Augustus John (1878–1961) studied at the Slade School in London (1894–99) with his sister Gwen John.

Category

Vintage 1930s English Busts

Materials

Bronze

The Lady in the Pink Dress, Fine English Impressionist Oil Painting
The Lady in the Pink Dress, Fine English Impressionist Oil Painting

The Lady in the Pink Dress, Fine English Impressionist Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The work is very close in many respects to the Welsh artist, Gwen John (1876-1939), and that name is inscribed on the stretcher.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great Women Painters
Great Women Painters

Great Women Painters

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H 11.38 in W 9.88 in D 2 in

Great Women Painters

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

Artists featured include: Hilma af Klint, Eileen Agar, Sofonisba Anguissola, Cecily Brown, Leonora Carrington, Mary Cassatt, Elaine de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Nicole Eisenman, Jadé F...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends
19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends

19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends

By Imogen Mary Collier

Located in London, GB

Collier carried off two art scholarships, (details are unknown), but she is believed to have spent some time in Paris where the family say she knew Gwen John, sister to Augustus John...

Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Young Man in a Red Tie
Young Man in a Red Tie

Ethel WalkerYoung Man in a Red Tie

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H 27.56 in W 23.51 in

Young Man in a Red Tie

Located in Edinburgh, Scotland

The Tate purchased works directly from Walker during her own lifetime, and after her death in 1951 held a major retrospective for her alongside Gwen John and Frances Hodgkins. Her wo...

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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