Augustus John Artist
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom."Augustus was celebrated first for his brilliant figure drawings, and then for a new technique of oil sketching. His work was favourably compared in London with that of Gauguin and Matisse. He then developed a style of portraiture that was imaginative and often extravagant, catching an instantaneous attitude in his subjects."
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- http://community.livejournal.com/augustus_john
- http://fineart.ac.uk/works/sl020
- http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Augustus_John/Elizabeth_Asquith_1919.html
- http://libcom.org/history/john-augustus-1878-1961
- http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00206.xml
- http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/939
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/art/pages/gwen_augustus_john.shtml
- http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
- http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/art/online/?action=show_works&item=407&type=artist
- http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=sa&LinkID=mp02437&role=art