Gwen John : strange beauties /
"The first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life. Gwen John (1876-1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale Center for British Art, in association with Amgueddfa Cymru, Museum Wales,
2026.
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| Summary: | "The first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life. Gwen John (1876-1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her life by her relationships with men, including her brother, the painter Augustus John, and lover, the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In recent years, leading art historians and curators have shed new light on John's significant contributions to British art, her connection to European modernism, and her serial process. Gwen John: Strange Beauties builds on this groundwork, bringing together the artist's distinctive oil paintings with rarely seen works on paper to illuminate the underexamined scope of her ambition, revealing lesser-known aspects of her practice--a vibrant use of color, plein air sketching, and an interplay between figuration and abstraction. This richly illustrated catalogue includes essays by curators Rachel Stratton and Lucy Wood, and a notable array of writers and art historians, including Helena Anderson, Rebecca Birrell, Lauren Elkin, Cecily Langdale, Fiona McLees, Anna Gruetzner Robins, and Orin Zahra." -- |
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| Item Description: | Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Gwen John: Strange Beauties' held at the National Museum Cardiff, February 7- June 28, 2026; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, August 1, 2026 - January 4, 2027; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, February 18 -June 20, 2027; and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, July 30 - November 28, 2027. |
| Physical Description: | 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300286571 0300286570 |