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 Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1900
On display at Birmingham Museum and Art Galleries, Birmingham, UK in the exhibition 'Identity & Dialogue'
NPG 4252
Group associated with the New English Art Club
by Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
pencil, black chalk (or charcoal), pen, ink and watercolour, circa 1904
NPG 6345
The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909
by Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
oil on canvas, 1909
On display in Room 29 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2556
Some members of the New English Art Club
by Donald Graeme MacLaren
pencil and watercolour, circa 1910-1914
NPG 2663
by Sir Jacob Epstein
bronze bust, 1916
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4295
by (Charles) John Hope-Johnstone
platinum print, 1922
NPG P134(25)
by (Charles) John Hope-Johnstone
platinum print, 1922
NPG P134(10)
by (Charles) John Hope-Johnstone
platinum print, 1922
NPG P134(18)
by Sir William Rothenstein
sanguine and white chalk, 1924
NPG 4246
by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, April 1899
NPG x38484
by George Charles Beresford
sepia platinotype print, 1902
NPG x13487
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1902
NPG x13488
possibly by (Charles) John Hope-Johnstone
vintage snapshot print, 1909
NPG Ax13021
by Charles Slade
snapshot enlargement, September 1909
NPG x21187
by Charles Slade
snapshot bromide print, 1909
NPG x21189
Augustus John; Dorelia McNeill; Mrs Kochlin; Lady Ottoline Morrell
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, June 1909
NPG Ax140132
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
Hull University Art Collection, Hull, Lincolnshire
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
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