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To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.
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Birth: | 22nd June, 1876 |
Death: | 18th September, 1939 |
Nationality: | Welsh |
Profession: | Artist |
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, her reputation has grown steadily since her death.
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