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Gwen John

Gwen John

British, 1876–1939

WA-00016119

Painting

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

32

Works in Collection

59

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ274339

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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British Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Works on Paper

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

No image

Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959–1960

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Masters of British Painting, 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2921
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/gwen-john
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (32)

Girl with a Blue Scarf

Girl with a Blue Scarf

1923 · Oil on canvas

16 1/4 x 13" (41.1 x 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Young Woman Holding a Black Cat

Young Woman Holding a Black Cat

1920 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 460 x 298 x 17 mm frame: 695 x 550 x 102 mm

Admiral Boué de Lapeyère

1919 · Crayon and watercolor on paper

11 x 8 3/4" (28.0 x 22.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Venizelos

1919 · Watercolor on paper

9 3/4 x 8 3/4" (24.8 x 22.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Convalescent

The Convalescent

1918 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 337 x 254 mm frame: 433 x 352 x 60 mm

Study of a Girl Holding a Doll

Study of a Girl Holding a Doll

1916 · Watercolour on paper

support: 470 x 203 mm

Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon

Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon

1915 · oil on canvas

overall: 22 x 27.4 cm (8 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) framed: 22.9 x 28.1 x 2.2 cm (9 x 11 1/16 x 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Little Girl with a Large Hat

Little Girl with a Large Hat

1915 · gouache over graphite on wove paper

overall: 7.4 x 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Annabella

1915 · Charcoal and watercolour on paper

support: 238 x 210 mm

The Nun

1915 · Oil paint on board

frame: 865 x 600 x 70 mm support: 707 x 446 mm

Study of a Child

Study of a Child

1915 · Watercolour on paper

support: 324 x 251 mm

Interior

1915 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 33 x 24.2 cm (13 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl Reading at a Window

Girl Reading at a Window

1911 · Oil on canvas

16 1/8 x 10" (40.9 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street at Night, Meudon

Street at Night, Meudon

1910 · watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

overall: 22.2 x 17.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Convalescent

The Convalescent

1910 · oil on canvas

overall: 41.3 x 33.8 cm (16 1/4 x 13 5/16 in.) framed: 49.9 x 41.9 x 4.1 cm (19 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Girl with Bare Shoulders

Girl with Bare Shoulders

1910 · Oil on canvas

17 1/8 x 10 1/4" (43.4 x 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Lady Reading

1909 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 403 x 254 mm frame: 495 x 375 x 55 mm

Nude Girl

1909 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 445 x 279 mm frame: 539 x 371 x 55 mm

Self-Portrait

1907 · black chalk on laid paper

overall: 27 x 22.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cat

1904 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 123 x 160 mm frame: 325 x 353 x 22 mm

Cat

1904 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 111 x 137 mm

Cat

1904 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 165 x 117 mm

Chloë Boughton-Leigh

Chloë Boughton-Leigh

1904 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 584 x 381 mm

Dorelia in a Black Dress

Dorelia in a Black Dress

1903 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 730 x 489 mm frame: 885 x 645 x 113 mm

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Artwork sources (4)

32 published of 38 catalogued · 32 with image

Tate
14 published14 img
Nga
11 published11 img
MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Nude Girl
1909 · Tate · 1 prov
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Chloë Boughton-Leigh
1904 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Convalescent
1918 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study of a Girl Holding a Doll
1916 · Tate · 1 prov
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Self-Portrait
1902 · Tate · 1 prov
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Dorelia in a Black Dress
1903 · Tate · 1 prov
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Cat
1904 · Tate · 1 prov
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Annabella
1915 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study of a Child
1915 · Tate · 1 prov
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A Lady Reading
1909 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Interior (1915)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge) (1827)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth) (1897)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stoke-by-Nayland (1836)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (1907)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Collections5

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

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