Augustus John

Sitterback to top

• Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), Painter. Sitter associated with 87 portraits, Artist associated with 32 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Howard Coster (1885-1959), Photographer. Artist associated with 9293 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This photograph was published in the Bystander, 24 November 1942, under the caption 'The Dominating Figure in English Art'. Aged fifty-eight, he is shown in his new studio at Fryern Court, 'surveying a piece of his work with the disapproval of a true artist.' Since 1933 he had been a trustee of the Tate Gallery, which owned seventeen of his pictures. 1937 was the year he became President of the Gypsy Lore Society. In the previous year, he stayed in Laugharne Castle, Wales, and painted two portraits of the poet Dylan Thomas.

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Augustus John: A Life in Portraits (26 July 2011 - 18 March 2012)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Art in art
• Artists and their studios
• Carpets and textiles
• Making art
• On display at the Gallery