Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Edwin John (1905-1978)
JOHN, Augustus (1878-1961)
The fourth child of Augustus and Ida John, Edwin (1905-78) was born in Paris. After a brief career as a middleweight boxer he became a watercolourist. He inherited the estate of his aunt Gwen and did much to secure her posthumous reputation. This vivid oil sketch was painted at Alderney Manor in about 1911, when he was six years old.
Image: © Estate of Augustus John. All Rights Reserved 2024/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 161
Creation/Production
JOHN, Augustus
Date: 1911 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 23/9/1940
Given by Margaret Davies
Measurements
Height (cm): 45.8
Width (cm): 32.7
Height (in): 18
Width (in): 12
(): h(cm) frame:67.2
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) frame:54.5
(): w(cm)
(): d(cm) frame:6.3
(): d(cm)
Techniques
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
oil
Location
Gallery 13
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