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Augustus John (1878–1961)

Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

National Portrait Gallery, London

Augustus John (1878–1961)

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John was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the third of four children. A brilliant student at the Slade School of Art from 1894 to 1898. 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.

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Title

Augustus John (1878–1961)

Date

1916

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 35.6 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

4295

Acquisition method

purchased, 1962

Work type

Bust

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Jacob Epstein

1880–1959

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