Augustus John | |
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_(NPG_x13487).jpg) John in 1902 by George Charles Beresford | |
| Born | Augustus Edwin John 4 January 1878 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Died | 31 October 1961 (aged 83) Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England |
| Known for | painter |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Dorothy "Dorelia" McNeill |
| Children | various, including Casper, Vivien, Gwyneth, Amaryllis, and Tristan |
| Relatives | Gwen John (sister) |
| Awards | Order of Merit 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. The age of Augustus John was dawning."[1] He was the younger brother of the painter Gwen John.
- ^ Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being: Autobiographical Writings, edited by Jeanne Schulkind, London: Pimlico (2002), p. 56.