Augustus John

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Augustus John was a prominent early 20th-century Welsh painter and etcher known for his vivid portraits and bohemian lifestyle.

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Label Occurrences
Augustus John canonical 6
Augustus Edwin John 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf etcher
human
painter
portrait artist
child Caspar John
David John
Robin John
Vivien John
countryOfBirth Wales
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDeath England
dateOfBirth 1878-01-04
dateOfDeath 1961-10-31
describedBySource early 20th-century art histories
educatedAt Slade School of Fine Art NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Welsh
familyName John
fieldOfWork etching
painting
portraiture
fullName Augustus John self-linksurface differs
surface form: Augustus Edwin John
genre figure painting
portrait painting
givenName Augustus
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
middleName Edwin
movement Bohemianism
Post-Impressionism
name Augustus John self-link
notableFor bohemian lifestyle
depictions of Romani people
vivid portraits
notableWork Portrait of Dylan Thomas
Portraits of T. E. Lawrence
Portraits of W. B. Yeats
occupation draughtsman
etcher
painter
placeOfBirth Tenby
placeOfDeath Fordingbridge
positionHeld Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy Schools
residence Fordingbridge
London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
sibling Gwen John
spouse Dorelia McNeill NERFINISHED
Ida Nettleship

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Augustus John
Description of subject: Augustus John was a prominent early 20th-century Welsh painter and etcher known for his vivid portraits and bohemian lifestyle.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slade School of Fine Art hasAlumni Augustus John
Camden Town Group hasMember Augustus John
Gwen John sibling Augustus John
Gwen John relative Augustus John
Augustus John name Augustus John self-link
Augustus John fullName Augustus John self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Augustus Edwin John