Gwen John Quotes

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I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world.. and yet I know it will.. I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree.

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I am going to do some drawings or paintings... in the mirror of my wardrobe.. with myself as a figure doing something.

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In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.

Gwen John

Gwen John

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)

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