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Royal Academician. Augustus Edwin John OM RA (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over.
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Learn about the life and works of Augustus John, a prominent Welsh artist who studied at the Slade School and taught at the University of Liverpool. Explore his oil sketches, portraits, and drawings influenced by Gauguin, Matisse, and Provence.
- British
- January 4, 1878
- Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
- October 31, 1961
Augustus John was a Welsh painter who was an accomplished portraitist, muralist, and draughtsman. John studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1894 to 1898. By age 20 he had won a reputation as one of the most brilliant draughtsmen in England. His portraits and other paintings done.
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Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over.
Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over.
Augustus John, a Welsh painter of portraits, figure compositions and landscapes, was the first British artist to be referred to as a post-Impressionist. He is famous for his portraits of notable figures, and for his scenes of the Romany people.
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Augustus John. (1878-1961), Painter. Augustus Edwin John. Sitter in 106 portraits. Artist associated with 33 portraits. John was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the third of four children. A brilliant student at the Slade School of Art (1894-98). He had also studied together with his sister Gwen John in Paris.
