Augustus John

Augustus John
John in 1902 by George Charles Beresford
Born
Augustus Edwin John

(1878-01-04)4 January 1878
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died(1961-10-31)31 October 1961 (aged 83)
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
Known forpainter
MovementPost-Impressionism
Spouse
(m. 1901; died 1907)
PartnerDorothy "Dorelia" McNeill
Childrenvarious, including Casper, Vivien, Gwyneth, Amaryllis, and Tristan
RelativesGwen John (sister)
AwardsOrder 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.

  1. ^ Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being: Autobiographical Writings, edited by Jeanne Schulkind, London: Pimlico (2002), p. 56.