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Portrait of Augustus John
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
the most important artist of his generation, his sister Gwen John was also an accomplished painter in
Category

1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Augustus John
Portrait of Augustus John
H 15 in W 12 in D 1 in
Dorelia Looking Up, Pencil on Paper Drawing by Augustus John
By Augustus John
Located in Kingsclere, GB
. Born 4 January 1878 in Tenby, Wales, brother of Gwen John, he studied at the Slade School 1894–8; won a
Category

20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Great Women Painters
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
Fadojutimi, Helen Frankenthaler, Artemisia Gentileschi, Maggi Hambling, Carmen Herrera, Gwen John, Frida
Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Great Women Painters
Great Women Painters
H 11.38 in W 9.88 in D 2 in
STUDY of a SEATED FEMAIL NUDE FROM BEHIND.Augustas Edwin John.OM RA British
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
, cellist Guilhermina Suggia, and poets Dylan Thomas and William Butler Yeats. John’s sister, Gwen John, was
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cavemen, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave people, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a cavewoman, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John signed original watercolour drawing of cave people, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art, leaving in 1894 to study at the Slade
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman family, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman couple, British
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of a caveman, British, 20th C
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
in the young Augustus and his sister Gwen John. At seventeen, John attended the Tenby School of Art
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends
By Imogen Mary Collier
Located in London, GB
she knew Gwen John, sister to Augustus John. She also journeyed to Egypt and India, leaving paintings
Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Blues and Browns), Oil on Board Painting by Wendy Pasmore, 1961
Located in Kingsclere, GB
, Gwen John and Lee Krasner among its members. Wendy first exhibited her abstract work with the London
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board

Untitled (5227C) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988
By Wendy Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
, Gwen John and Lee Krasner among its members. Wendy first exhibited her abstract work with the London
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Bits and Pieces No.5) by Wendy Pasmore, 1988
By Wendy Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Delaunay, Elisabeth Frink, Gwen John and Lee Krasner among its members. Wendy first exhibited her abstract
Category

20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Young Man in a Red Tie
Located in Maidenhead, GB
retrospective for her alongside Gwen John and Frances Hodgkins. Her works are held in important public
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Church And Churchyard Landscape Oil Painting Mid-20th Century Cornish Artist
By Joan Gillchrest
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. There she met Gwen John and studied in various studios, sometimes working as a model. In 1936 she
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cornish Fishing Boats At First Light Mid-20th Century Cornwall Original Painting
By Joan Gillchrest
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. There she met Gwen John and studied in various studios, sometimes working as a model. In 1936 she
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Baro Harbour, Sunset (Nigeria), Oil on Board Painting by Derek Hill
By Derek Hill
Located in Kingsclere, GB
, such as Gwen and Augustus John, Degas, Edwin Landseer, and Georges Seurat.
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board

Girl with Long Hair in Blue Dress
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper Stamped (at lower left): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Seated Woman in Black in Church
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
The setting is the Meudon church, subject of many of Gwen John's watercolors of the 1910s and 1920s.
Materials

Gouache, Paper

Cat Drinking from Bowl
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
This animal (sometimes with her kittens) is the subject of most of Gwen John's cat drawings; she
Materials

Pencil, Paper

Young Woman with Loose Hair: Ida Nettleship
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
The subject is Ida Nettleship (1877 - 1907) who was a student at the Slade School with Gwen John
Materials

Pencil, Paper

Fine Drawing/Study of Edward Nettleship by Augustus John RA.
By Augustus John
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
together with his sister Gwen John in Paris. He was associated with the New English Art Club and the Camden
Category

1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Bronze Sculpture of Augustus John by Barney Seale, 1937
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Augustus John (1878–1961) studied at the Slade School in London (1894–99) with his sister Gwen John
Category

Vintage 1930s English Busts

Materials

Bronze

Tortoise-Shell Cat Sitting, in Left Profile
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Pencil on tan paper
Young Woman with Loose Hair: Ida Nettleship
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Pencil on paper
Little Girl with Hat, Seated in Church
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and pencil on paper
Two Nuns in Church
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
House, Meudon
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Cottage Behind a Wall
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Oil on paper
Cat Crouching, Facing Left
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Pencil on paper
Rear View of Woman in High-Crowned Green Hat
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Seated Girl Holding a Cat
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Pencil on paper
White Flowers and Green Foliage in Blue Vase, Pink Curtain at Left
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Woman and Nun in Church
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Back View of Woman in Brown, Bust Length
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and pencil on paper
Woman in Black Hat and Coat, in Right Profile
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Dorelia, Facing Left
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Pencil, Paper

Flowers in Jug on Tabletop
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Watercolor, Paper

The Lady in the Pink Dress, Fine English Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in the Pink Dress circle of Gwen John (British, 1876-1939) oil painting on canvas, framed
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great Women Painters
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
Herrera, Gwen John, Frida Kahlo, Tamara de Lempicka, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Plautilla
Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Great Women Painters
Great Women Painters
H 11.38 in W 9.88 in D 2 in
Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - 1985 Oil Pastel, Gwen in Cream Straw Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with initials to the lower right. Inscribed to the reverse. On board.
Category

20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Head of a Woman - 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Woman by Augustus Edwin John
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
) with his sister Gwen John. After injuring his head after diving into the sea while on holiday his
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

SEATED NUDE Augustus John British Edwardian Artist 1878–1961
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
, cellist Guilhermina Suggia, and poets Dylan Thomas and William Butler Yeats. John’s sister, Gwen John, was
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Anne Louise Falkner, British Impressionist, Female artist, horses on a hillside
Located in Harkstead, GB
Club where she exhibited from 1913-1922, alongside contemporaries such as Gwen John and Dame Laura
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Anne Louise Falkner, British Impressionist, cattle on a hillside
Located in Harkstead, GB
Club where she exhibited from 1913-1922, alongside contemporaries such as Gwen John and Dame Laura
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Abstract I, Charcoal Drawing by Gwyneth Johnstone
Located in Kingsclere, GB
of Gwen John, two of the most prominent British painters of the earlier twentieth century, Johnstone
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Portrait of Dr Anderson - British Slade School oil painting military uniform WWI
By Arthur Ambrose McEvoy
Located in London, GB
. He later worked with Walter Sickert in Dieppe. Whilst at the Slade he was fellow pupil of Gwen John
Category

20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Honeys - Race Horse - British 20th century art horse portrait oil painting
By Imogen Mary Collier
Located in London, GB
), but she is believed to have spent some time in Paris where the family say she knew Gwen John, sister
Category

1910s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Young's Oak Artist's Easel.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
1962 (see Sources below). Lovelace recalled serving Augustus John, his sister, Gwen, and future wife
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Easels

Materials

Oak

Antique Young's Oak Artist's Easel.
Antique Young's Oak Artist's Easel.
H 66 in W 20 in D 21.5 in
Welsh Pony Refusing to be Lead.Original Watercolor.Modern British.Horse.Kyffin.
By Sir Kyffin Williams
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
prominent artists, such as Gwen John. His talent and service to the arts was well recognised; in 1974
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Woman in Mulberry Dress
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Oil, Canvas

Three Women in Black Standing in Church
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Gouache, Paper

Head of Young Woman
By Gwen John
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Pencil, Paper

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