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Two women seated in church
JOHN, Gwen
(Artist)
Gwen John continued to make drawings in church from the early 1920s until the end of her career and these are very difficult to date. She was once criticised for drawing in church, but responded, "I like to pray in Church like everyone but my spirit is not capable of praying for a long time at once – if I remove all that time there would not be enough happiness in my life".
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3526
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): 15.5
Width
(cm): 12.3
Height
(in): 6
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
Watercolour on paper
Drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
Watercolour
Paper
Location
Gallery 22
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