Quote of the day
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
Gwen John

Born: June 22, 1876
Died: September 18, 1939 (aged 63)
Bio: Gwendolen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones.
Known for:
- Young Woman Holding a Black Cat (1920)
- Interior with Figures (1899)
- Girl Reading at the Window (1911)
- Dorelia in a Black Dres (1904)