Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
Head of Rodin
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
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
Currently on loan
Collections Online is updated regularly, but please confirm that an object remains on display before making a special visit.
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.