Gwen John
Gwendolen 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 she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation has grown steadily since her death. Today we present an intimate, Impressionist painting of a slim young anonymous female sitter with long dark hair, seated in an armchair with a small table to her left, reading a letter. The painting depicts subtle color relationships, in this case purples are used in varying shades such as mauve and lilac. Gwen John often painted small-scale to enhance the intimate nature of the works.
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