This site uses cookies to improve your experience. View our Cookie Policy
Preferences

Cookie Preferences

Essential

These cookies are absolutely essential for our website to function properly.

 

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.

 

Cookies that help with communications and marketing

These cookies may be set by third party websites and do things like measure how you view YouTube videos.

 
 
View our Cookie Policy
×

Image filter options
This is a new website and is still being developed.
Artworks Themes
Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn
About Us Contact Us
Cy
Artworks Themes Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn About Us Contact Us
Back Previous Artwork Next Artwork

Study for Rodin's 'Death of Alcestis'

JOHN, Gwen
Study for Rodin's 'Death of Alcestis'
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
  Zoom / More Images (2)

We have a duty of care to all our audiences. This website draws on legacy collections data. We recognise that some of this information may be outdated or discriminatory and we're currently working to review our records. If you have any questions or comments on an artwork, please contact us.

Copyright statement provided by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 14990

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

Measurements

Height (cm): 26.5
Width (cm): 24.3

Material

Pencil
Wash
Paper

Location

on display

Collections Online is updated regularly, but please confirm that an object remains on display before making a special visit.

More

Tags


  • Drawing
  • Fine Art
  • Mythology And Fantasy
  • Still Life
  • Woman Artist
  • Works On Paper

Share


More like this


Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
View of Llyn Fawr, Rhigos. Heads of the Valleys, Wales
KOUDELKA, Josef
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Heathrow Airport, plane spotter waits for Concorde to arrive from New York
MARLOW Peter
© DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Shopping Mall. Car reflector to help keep down internal heat. Phoenix, Arizona USA
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Painted Desert. Navajo Indian rugs for sale. Arizona USA
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Polacca
STEELE, Jeffrey
© Jeffrey Steele Estate/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Toccata
STEELE, Jeffrey
© Jeffrey Steele Estate/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
From Miss Grace's lane
ARNATT, Keith
© Keith Arnatt Estate. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
From Miss Grace's lane
ARNATT, Keith
© Keith Arnatt Estate. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre
T.G., STADDON, F.G
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
Caerleon
T.G., STADDON, F.G
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
Old Boathouse
WALKER, Phillip
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Sleeping Bird I
SUTHERLAND, Graham Vivian
© Estate of Graham Sutherland/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Phenomena for a haven
JENKINS, Paul
© Paul Jenkins/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Crafnant Pass
HARRISON, George
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
The Way the Earth Remembers Our Bodies (Material Presence)
Zoe, Preece
© Zoe Preece/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Clitheroe, Lancashire
DEVIS, Anthony
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Barbary Castle, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire
BRANDT, Bill
© Bill Brandt/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Hind Head Hill
COLLIER, T.
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Roman Landscape
SCHREIBER, Charles
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Rheinfels, St. Goar and Thurnberg
TURNER, Joseph Mallord William
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales

  • Artworks
  • Themes
  • Projects & Exhibitions
  • Cynfas Articles
  • Learn

The Website

  • About Us
  • Accessibility
  • FAQ
  • Copyright
  • Cookies Policy

Connect with us

  • Contact Us
  • Instagram @celfarycyd
× ❮ ❯