Self-Portrait, 1902, Gwen John. An oil painting of a woman in a red and blacked checked blouse, black choker, and a black shawl. She has her hair tied back in a chignon.
Gwen John’s portrait of her friend Chloë Boughton-Leigh, 1910. It depicts a woman in a blue dress, sitting at an angle but gazing at the viewer. Her hands are held loosely in her lap.
Young Woman Holding A Black Cat by Gwen John, c.1918. It is a woman in a blue dress with long sleeves, sat at an angle and holding a black cat on her lap. The Tate website description is as follows: “Gwen John made numerous versions of this painting, some nearly identical and others with differing poses or costumes. The sitter was a neighbour of John's in Meudon, near Paris. Although she was the artist's most frequently used model, she is rarely mentioned in John's correspondence, and her name is unknown.”
Mrs Atkinson by Gwen John, c.1897. An oil painting depicting Gwen John's housekeeper, Mrs Atkinson, sitting in a room covered with flocked wallpaper. She is wearing a black dress, and there is a sheep skull on the mantelpiece.
Went to see Gwen John: Strange Beauties exhibition at National Museum Cardiff. Have a selection of contemplative ladies (and bonus cat).
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