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A corner of the artist's room in Paris

JOHN, Gwen

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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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, soon to be her brother Augustus's lover and muse, on a walking tour through France. By the beginning of 1904, she had settled in Paris, where she earned a living by modelling. She lived on the top floor of 87 rue du Cherche-Midi between 1907 and 1909. This sparsely furnished room appears repeatedly in work of this period. The empty chair, discarded clothes and open book suggest the artist's invisible presence, and the painting conveys much about her life, a sense of controlled passion, of order, quiet and absolute calm.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 3397

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen
Date: 1907-1909

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of DWT/ Est. Mrs Green, 20/6/1995
Purchased with support from The Derek Williams Trust and the estate of Mrs Green

Measurements

Height (cm): 31.2
Width (cm): 24.8
Height (in): 12
Width (in): 9
(): h(cm) frame:45.5
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) frame:39
(): w(cm)
(): d(cm) frame:4.4
(): d(cm)

Techniques

oil on canvas on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas
board

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Architecture And Buildings
  • Chair
  • Fine Art
  • Furniture And Interiors
  • Identity
  • John, Gwen
  • Painting
  • Window
  • Woman Artist

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