A Lady Reading
Artist: Gwen John (Welsh, 1876–1939)
Date: ca. 1910-11911
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
About the Artist: Gwendolen Gwen 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 in her lifetime, John's work was overshadowed by that of her brother Augustus and her mentor and lover Auguste Rodin, awareness and esteem for John's artistic contributions has grown considerably since her death.
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