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Mère Poussepin Seated at a Table
JOHN, Gwen (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.)
In 1913, the year in which the artist converted to Catholicism, she was commissioned by the Meudon Chapter of the Order of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Virgin of Tours to paint a portrait of their founder, Mere Marie Poussepin (1653-1744). This picture was based on a prayer card of 1911 with a portrait of Mere Poussepin, derived from an eighteenth-century oil painting. Between 1913 and 1920 John worked on at least six versions of the portrait, of which the primary example was installed at the convent.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 149
Creation/Production
JOHN, Gwen
Date: 1915-1916
Acquisition
Purchase, 1968
Measurements
Height
(cm): 88.3
Width
(cm): 65.4
Height
(in): 34
Width
(in): 25
h(cm) frame:100.5
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:78
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:8.2
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 13
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