This fine illustrated biography frames GJ amongst her contemporaries, in the studios of the Slade and in the Paris salons: Matisse, Maud Gonne, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Rodin, Rilke… Many illustrations.
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris
(author)
£30.00
Edition:Hardback978050002557411/05/2023
Categories: 09. Spring Books 2023: Art, Art, Spring Books 2023
Tag: Women In Art
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