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Dorelia McNeill in the Garden at Alderney Manor
JOHN, Augustus (1878-1961)
Augustus John and Dorelia McNeill lived at Alderney Manor, Dorset, from August 1911 until March 1927. The house and gardens there became an eloquent expression of Dorelia's personality, and vagrants of all kinds were encouraged to make free of the grounds. Painted in the year they moved in, during a brilliant summer, this portrait of Dorelia is a celebration of the family's new surroundings. The portrait's even areas of colour, sharp contours and flattened background reveal the artist's familiarity with the 'Fauves', the so-called 'wild beasts' of contemporary French painting.
Image: © Estate of Augustus John. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 163
Creation/Production
JOHN, Augustus
Date: 1911
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of Knapping Fund
Purchased with support from The Knapping Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 201
Width
(cm): 101.6
Height
(in): 79
Width
(in): 40
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 13
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Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Celf ar y Cyd (100 Artworks) Dorelia Art in Exile Portread wedi'i Enwi | Named portrait Menyw, Dynes | Woman Gerddi a mannau gwyrdd | Gardens and green spaces Gwaith tŷ a garddio | Housework and gardening Ôl 1900 | Post 1900 Cysylltiad Cymreig | Welsh connection CADP contentComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.