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Female Nude

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.)

For her first ten years in Paris Gwen John meagrely supported herself by working as an artist’s model. This life study of a fellow female model was probably drawn at the Acadèmie Colarossi in Montparnasse, which John attended. The models would have changed positions every half hour.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 3560

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen
Role: Creation
Date:

Acquisition

Purchase, 29/7/1976

Measurements

Height: 23cm
Width: 16cm

Techniques

pencil on paper

Material

pencil
brown paper

Location

In store

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Drawing Works on paper Fine Art 05_CADP_Aug_21 Female nude Gwen John exhibition, Harewood Unseen Gwen John 2001
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Female Nude
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