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Self portrait, nude, sketching

Artist: JOHN, Gwen (1876 - 1939 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. 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 made several nude self-portraits in her room at 87 rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris. She wrote to her friend Ursula Tyrwhitt, ‘I am doing some drawings in my glass, myself & the room … I first draw in the thing then trace it on to a clean piece of paper by holding it against the window.’

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 3556

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen
Role: Creation
Date: 1908 ca.

Acquisition

Purchase, 29/7/1976

Measurements

Height: 24.1cm
Width: 16.7cm

Techniques

pencil on paper

Material

pencil
Paper

Location

In store

Categories

Drawing Works on paper Fine Art Gwen John exhibition, Harewood Unseen Gwen John 2001
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