She is famous for painting solitary women. But, far from being the recluse of popular myth, this pupil of Whistler, admirer of Cézanne and lover of Rodin was ahead of her time
in Chichester, bring together a comprehensive selection of work from John’s 40-year career plus other artists she operated alongside. There is her elder brother, Augustus, and lesser-known female artists from her time at Slade School of Fine Art as well as the more famous men in her life such as James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who taught John, andBorn in 1867 and brought up in Tenby, Wales, Gwen followed Augustus to London and art school when she was 18.
“Of course, being Rodin’s lover is not uninteresting,” Foster says. “But the relationship between their work, especially their drawings, is also fascinating. Placing her in the context of what was going on among her contemporaries, the people she knew and admired, opens up connections that cast light on her work. She was part of the art world and can be read in terms of art history rather than the product of someone working in isolation.
Many of John’s paintings feature books, and writing was important to her, including a series of letters to Rodin in which she adopted an alternative persona. John gave this painting to Rodin and here she brings together her writing life and her painting life to in effect declare: “This is me.”This portrait of a nun who founded a religious community in the 17th century was copied from a prayer card. Foster says John was “always searching for grandeur.
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