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Girl in a blue dress

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.)

This is one of a series of at least eight paintings of the same model, a neighbour at Meudon, This one was bought by the National Museum of Wales in 1935 for £20. The artist explained to her friend Mary Anderson 'I wanted money so I ... sent [five pictures] ... to England ... one was sold for a museum of pictures & I had a very chic letter from the director, so now I don't want money for the moment'. The picture is full of serenity, achieved partly by the choice of colour and placing of the figure, and partly by her technique. The paint is so dry and so evenly applied that both figure and background have exactly the same texture.

Girl in a blue dress
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 147

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen
Role: Artist
Date: 1914-1915

Acquisition

Purchase, 12/12/1935

Measurements

h(cm) frame:41.8
w(cm) frame:34.5
d(cm) frame:6
Height: 35.1cm
Width: 27.0cm

Techniques

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas

Location

Gallery 13

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