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JOHN, Edwin
(Artist)
Image: © Estate of Augustus John. All Rights Reserved 225/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 24417
Creation/Production
The fourth child of Augustus and Ida John, Edwin (1905-78) was born in Paris. After a brief career as a middleweight boxer he became a watercolourist. He inherited the estate of his aunt Gwen and did much to secure her posthumous reputation.
Role: Artist
Place: Meudon, nr. Paris
Period: 1956
Acquisition
Purchase, 11/3/2012
Measurements
Height
(cm): 32.5
Width
(cm): 42
Techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Material
Watercolour
Pencil
Paper
Location
Gallery 21
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