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Gwendolen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation has grown steadily since her death. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. June 1876 – 18. September 1939
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Gwen John Quotes

“I am going to do some drawings or paintings…in the mirror of my wardrobe.. with myself as a figure doing something.”

Gwen John

Letter to Rodin (circa 1905)

Drawing , Painting

“I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world.. and yet I know it will.. I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree.”

Gwen John

Letter to Ursula Tyrwhitt (4 Feb 1930)

World , Imagination , Thinking

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