Head of a bearded man

JOHN, Gwen (Artist)

Gwen John met the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) in 1904. Rodin was France’s most legendary artistic figure and was at the height of his career. John modelled for him and they began a passionate love affair. She also became his protégée. This carefully executed study of Rodin probably derives from one of the photographs Rodin gave her that she kept in her room.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 3517

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

Acquisition

Purchase, 29/7/1976

Measurements

Height (cm): 28

Width (cm): 22.4

Height (in): 11

Width (in): 8

Techniques

Charcoal on paper

Drawings and watercolours

Fine Art - works on paper

Material

Charcoal

Paper

Location

On Display

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