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Gouache on Wove Paper
Dimensions: 39cm x 33cm framed
Provenance: C Langdale ‘Gwen John” - illustrated
Exhibited, Davis & Langdale, New York
Private Collection, Minnesota
GWEN JOHN, 1876 - 1939
Gwen John, elder sister to Augustus John, was born in Haverfordwest in south-west Wales in 1876. She studied at the Slade School alongside her brother from 1894 to 1897, she also attended Whistler’s school in Paris until 1898. Gwen John exhibited her work with major galleries, including the New English Arts Club, the Société des Artistes Français and the Salon d'Automne. She is known today as one of Britain's most important modern female painters.
She saw the world differently — quietly, attentively, and with extraordinary depth. That difference shaped everything: her subjects, her method, her colours, her words, her work.
Until June the 28th 2026 National Museum Wales will be hosting Gwen John: Strange Beauties a once-in-a-generation exhibition, bringing together rarely seen works from Amgueddfa Cymru and collections from around the world to celebrate her 150th birthday. It is the first major collection of her work in over forty years.
It tells Gwen’s story as it’s never been told before — revealing new ways of seeing her life and art and celebrating an artist whose vision still feels strikingly modern today.
Gouache on Wove Paper
Dimensions: 39cm x 33cm framed
Provenance: C Langdale ‘Gwen John” - illustrated
Exhibited, Davis & Langdale, New York
Private Collection, Minnesota
GWEN JOHN, 1876 - 1939
Gwen John, elder sister to Augustus John, was born in Haverfordwest in south-west Wales in 1876. She studied at the Slade School alongside her brother from 1894 to 1897, she also attended Whistler’s school in Paris until 1898. Gwen John exhibited her work with major galleries, including the New English Arts Club, the Société des Artistes Français and the Salon d'Automne. She is known today as one of Britain's most important modern female painters.
She saw the world differently — quietly, attentively, and with extraordinary depth. That difference shaped everything: her subjects, her method, her colours, her words, her work.
Until June the 28th 2026 National Museum Wales will be hosting Gwen John: Strange Beauties a once-in-a-generation exhibition, bringing together rarely seen works from Amgueddfa Cymru and collections from around the world to celebrate her 150th birthday. It is the first major collection of her work in over forty years.
It tells Gwen’s story as it’s never been told before — revealing new ways of seeing her life and art and celebrating an artist whose vision still feels strikingly modern today.