Joseph E. Widener
Augustus John
1921
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 124.7 x 102.3 cm (49 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.) framed: 157.2 x 134.6 x 10.7 cm (61 7/8 x 53 x 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.100
About the Artist
Augustus John
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (1878–1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher whose prodigious early gifts made him the most celebrated portraitist in Britain during the first decades of the twentieth century. Born on 4 January 1878 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, he lost his mother Augusta Smith in childhood, a loss that left a permanent mark on his restless temperament. He and his elder sister Gwe...