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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 15493
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): 31.3
Width
(cm): 23.9
Techniques
Conté crayon on paper
Drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
Conté crayon
Paper
Location
In store
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