Gwen John

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Gwen John was a Welsh-born painter known for her intimate, subdued portraits and interiors, and for her association with early 20th-century European art circles in Paris.

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Gwen John canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist
human
painter
portrait painter
artisticFocus domestic interiors
female sitters
artisticStyle restraint and simplicity
subtle tonal harmonies
associatedWith Auguste Rodin
Parisian avant-garde
birthName Gwendolen Mary John
countryOfBirth Wales
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1876-06-22
dateOfDeath 1939-09-18
educatedAt Slade School of Fine Art NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Welsh
fieldOfWork painting
gender female
hasOccupation artist
painter
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Museum Cardiff
Tate
influencedBy Post-Impressionism
surface form: French Post-Impressionists

James McNeill Whistler
languagesSpoken English
French
movement Modern art
Post-Impressionism
name Gwen John self-link
notableFor intimate portraits
muted color palette
quiet, contemplative compositions
subdued interiors
notableWork A Lady Reading
Girl with Bare Shoulders
Self-Portrait (c. 1900)
The Convalescent
periodOfActivity early 20th century
late 19th century
placeOfBirth Haverfordwest NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Dieppe
relative Augustus John
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Meudon
Paris
sibling Augustus John
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Paris

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Gwen John name Gwen John self-link
Augustus John sibling Gwen John