A selection of Gwen John's writings is notable for what it does not reveal about this elusive artist.(Gwen John Letters and Notebooks)(Book Review)

From: Apollo | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: Stewart, Angus | Copyright information

Gwen John Letters and Notebooks

Edited by Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan

Tate Publishing, in association with the National Library of Wales, 12.99 [pounds sterling]

ISBN 1 85437 525 3

Gwen John's fame increases the need to know her as she was, not as she has been portrayed by strangers. What will her writings reveal? This collection of some of her letters and extracts from her notebooks opens with an essay that informs, elucidates and establishes...

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