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A corner of the artist's room in Paris
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 attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London between 1895 and 1898, and studied briefly in Paris. In 1903, she accompanied Dorelia McNeill, soon to be her brother Augustus's lover and muse, on a walking tour through France. By the beginning of 1904, she had settled in Paris, where she earned a living by modelling. She lived on the top floor of 87 rue du Cherche-Midi between 1907 and 1909. This sparsely furnished room appears repeatedly in work of this period. The empty chair, discarded clothes and open book suggest the artist's invisible presence, and the painting conveys much about her life, a sense of controlled passion, of order, quiet and absolute calm.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3397
Creation/Production
JOHN, Gwen
Role: Creation
Date: 1907-1909
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of DWT/ Est. Mrs Green, 20/6/1995
Purchased with support from The Derek Williams Trust and the estate of Mrs Green
Measurements
Height: 31.2cm
Width: 24.8cm
h(cm) frame:45.5
w(cm) frame:39
d(cm) frame:4.4
Techniques
oil on canvas on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
board
Location
In store
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