Augustus John (1878-1961), Painter
Augustus Edwin John
Sitter associated with 86 portraits
Artist associated with 32 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. He was associated with the New English Art Club and the Camden Town Group but remained largely independent from artistic trends and movements. By the 1920s he was the leading portraitist of his day whose sitters included distinguished contemporaries such as George Bernard Shaw and T.E. Lawrence. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1928. Alongside these achievements his lifestyle epitomised that of the bohemian artist, a reputation bolstered by his fascination with Romany culture.
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1959
NPG x135147
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1959
NPG x135146
Augustus John; Julius White; Yuri White
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x125513
Fenella John; Augustus John; Julius White; Yuri White
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1959
NPG x125514
Dorelia McNeill; Augustus John
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, June 1960
NPG x133299
Dorelia McNeill; Augustus John
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, June 1960
NPG x40245
by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1922 or before
NPG D9759
by Alick P.F. Ritchie
cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2671
Antelope Tavern, 1929 (Bruce Blunt; Augustus John; Philip Arnold Heseltine (Peter Warlock))
by Anthony Wysard
pen and ink and wash, 1929
NPG D306
by Julian Melgrave
drypoint etching, 1950s?
NPG D3312
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by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1902
NPG x135062
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 13 January 1914
NPG Ax7855
Amaryllis Fleming (daughter)
Sir Caspar John (son)
Fenella John (granddaughter)
Gwen John (sister)
Henry John (son)
Pyramus John (son)
Robin John (son)
Dorothy ('Dorelia') McNeill (wife)
Poppet Pol (née John) (daughter)
Julius White (grandson)
Vivien White (née John) (daughter)
Yuri White (grandson)
Links
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
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