Spirit of Eternal Repose

JOHN, Gwen (Artist)

Whilst at the Slade School of Art in London, Gwen John would have studied sculpture in the Antique Room. In Paris, her interest in sculpture continued after meeting the artist Auguste Rodin. This is a study of an antique marble in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Rodin based a figure in one of his sculptures on the same work.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 5423

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen

Bu Gwen John yn mynychu Ysgol Gelfyddyd Gain y Slade yn Llundain rhwng 1895 a 1898, a bu'n astudio am gyfnod byr ym Mharis. Ym 1903, aeth gyda Dorelia McNeill ar daith gerdded trwy Ffrainc. Erbyn dechrau 1904, roedd wedi ymsefydlu ym Mharis. | Gwen John attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London between 1895 and 1898, and studied briefly in Paris. In 1903, she accompanied Dorelia McNeill on a walking tour through France. By the beginning of 1904, she had settled in Paris.

Role: Artist

Period: 1908-1912

Measurements

Height (cm): 40.5

Width (cm): 25.3

Height (in): 15

Width (in): 9

Techniques

Mixed media on paper

Drawings and watercolours

Fine Art - works on paper

Material

Copy pencil

Gouache

Watercolour

Laid paper

Location

In store

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Bronze Age Gold from Wales