Spirit of Eternal Repose
JOHN, Gwen
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Whilst at the Slade School of Art in London, Gwen John would have studied sculpture in the Antique Room. In Paris, her interest in sculpture continued after meeting the artist Auguste Rodin. This is a study of an antique marble in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Rodin based a figure in one of his sculptures on the same work.
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Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 5423
Creation/Production
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.
Role: Artist
Period: 1908-1912
Measurements
Height
(cm): 40.5
Width
(cm): 25.3
Height
(in): 15
Width
(in): 9
Material
Copy pencil
Gouache
Watercolour
Laid paper
Location
In store
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