Self Portrait
Self Portrait

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection

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This is a self portrait painted by the artist when he was a young man in the late 1930s. The style of this painting is reminiscent of that of Alfred Janes, who came from nearby Swansea, and it may be that Bowen knew him or had come across Janes' work.

Amgueddfa Parc Howard - Parc Howard Museum

Llanelli

Title

Self Portrait

Date

c.1938

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 49 x W 40 cm

Accession number

1997.1729

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

John Bowen

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