Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
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)