Gwen John

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Strange Beauties

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The first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life Gwen John (1876–1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her... Read More

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Gwen John

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Description

The first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life

Gwen John (1876–1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her life by her relationships with men, including her brother, the painter Augustus John, and lover, the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In recent years, leading art historians and curators have shed new light on John's significant contributions to British art, her connection to European modernism, and her serial process. Gwen John: Strange Beauties builds on this groundwork, bringing together the artist's distinctive oil paintings with rarely seen works on paper to illuminate the underexamined scope of her ambition, revealing lesser-known aspects of her practice—a vibrant use of color, plein air sketching, and an interplay between figuration and abstraction.

Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art, in association with Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales.

Exhibition Schedule:

Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales, Cardiff

(February 7–June 28, 2026)

National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

(August 1, 2026–January 4, 2027)

Yale Center for British Art

(February 18–June 20, 2027)

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

(July 30–November 28, 2027)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300286571

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 March 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 205 color illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Rebecca Birrell
Contributions by Anna Gruetzner Robins
Contributions by Lauren Elkin
Contributions by Helena Anderson
Contributions by Cecily Langdale
Edited by Rachel Stratton
Contributions by Orin Zahra
Edited by Lucy Wood
Contributions by Fiona McLees

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 267.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Rachel Stratton is an independent scholar and curator and a former postdoctoral research associate at the Yale Center for British Art.. Lucy Wood is senior curator of art at Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales, Cardiff.