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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.

A corner of the artist's room in Paris
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

Gallery 19

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Categories

Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Celf ar y Cyd (100 Artworks) Dodrefn a chelfi | Furniture and interiors CADP content Woman Artist

Comments - (6)

Sara Huws Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
2 October 2017, 13:24

Hi there Susanna

Thanks for your comment. I will ask our Curators if it is currently on display and get back to you.

Many thanks

Sara
Digital Team

susanne grandl
1 October 2017, 12:48
hello,
i would like to see the painting "corner of a room in paris" by gwen john in original.
where do we have to go to? which of the welsh museums?
thank you!
ella conaty
4 February 2013, 18:23
this is a lovley painting but it is too good for gwen john i thought agustus john painted it but got it mixed up my bad
Barbara Jack
13 October 2009, 09:28
I'm keen to but a print of "A Corner of The Artist's Room In Paris"

Can you help me in this search?

Barbara Jack
Amgueddfa Cymru Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
6 March 2009, 14:13
Dear Pat - Please see our Print on Demand pages for information on obtaining prints from our art collections.
Thank you for your interest in Amgueddfa Cymru
Pat Marsden
6 March 2009, 14:11
Lovely painting - I was wondering if it would be possible to acquire a print>
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