John, Augustus Edwin
John, Augustus Edwin (1878–1961) Welsh painter. Although he was influenced by the Old Masters and by
post-impressionism, John's high-toned colour and solidity of drawing were unique. His works include
Galway (1916) and the portraits
Dorelia and
Bernard Shaw (
c.1914).
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Edwin Cook Jr., 85, Kerr graphic artist
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 1/17/2002; 514 words
; Edwin W. Cook Jr., 85...was the son of the late Edwin W. Sr. and Kathryn...Calif., and Cathy Augustus of Holyoke, Mass.; a son, Edwin W. III of Birmingham...James of Maryland and John of Lebanon. He was preceded...
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The artist his wife, his sister, their lover; Artists GWEN and AUGUSTUS JOHN's Bohemian behaviour scandalised society. MARY GREENE reveals the colourful tale behind the canvases at a new exhibition.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...sister - will prove that Augustus deserves to regain his...god'. Born in 1878, Augustus was two years younger than Gwen. The John family lived in Haverfordwest...young; their father, Edwin, a solicitor, was stern...lovely Welsh beaches. Augustus was shy and awkward...
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The Travelling Companions (1862) ; GREAT WORKS ++ Augustus Egg ++ Birmingham City Art Gallery
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Liberty Leading the People; Sir John Everett Millais's Ophelia; Sir Edwin Landseer's The Monarch of...quotations. Or take an older case: Augustus Egg's The Travelling Companions...through the illustrations of Sir John Tenniel that the world of Alice...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Googling a runner; HORSE PLAY Just for the fun of it.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 12/1/2008; 353 words
; Byline: Compiled by Andrew Pennington, John Randall, Jessica Lamb and Nick Booth Augustus John 3.40, Wolverhampton Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961) was a Welsh-born painter who first became known in the Edwardian period as...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/31/1994; 472 words
; ...Meyndert Hobbema, painter, 1638; John Keats, poet, 1795; Heinrich...leader, 1887. Deaths: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, soldier...general and statesman, 1956; Augustus Edwin John, painter, 1961; Mrs Indira Gandhi...
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NAMES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...best-selling mystery writer, who previously donated dozens of paintings and drawings by artists Walter Sickert, Augustus Edwin John, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, has given the museum $1 million to establish the Patricia Cornwell Conservation...
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The book of Jasper.(The Mystery of Edwin Drood, John Jasper)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Dickens Quarterly; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Investing The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens Quarterly...Tracy's argument about John Jasper's book--the...reading of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and enlarged my...scholar, and is an author; Augustus Snodgrass, supposedly...as Tracy proposes, John Jasper's first-person...
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Edwin Forrest's redding up: elocution, theater, and the performance of the frontier.
Magazine article from: Comparative Drama; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...twenty-two-year-old actor named Edwin Forrest revolutionized both the art...conveyed meaning. Appearing onstage in John Augustus Stone's Metamora, or, The Last...rather performance. Revealingly, John Adams lamented to his friend, Benjamin...
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Architecture, murals perfect aesthetic match
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/19/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...decorate the BPL, architect Charles Follen McKim picked Americans including Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent. But the place of honor went to Puvis, an artist other Bostonians had previously...
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JOAN GILLCHREST
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...painters and itinerant creative people; Augustus John, whose Tite Street studio was near Ryan's in...her own home, Joan Gillchrest lived with Betty John (wife of Augustus John's son Edwin) in Mousehole. Painters like William Scott or...
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Augustus Edwin John
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Augustus Edwin John The Welsh painter Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961) was the leading British portraitist of his period and a brilliant draftsman. Augustus John was born on Jan. 4, 1878, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and studied art at the...
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John, Augustus Edwin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
John, Augustus Edwin (1878–1961). British painter. John was born in Tenby (Wales), the son of...National Gallery at Cardiff has a number of John's paintings. June Cochrane
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John, Augustus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...there has been a great revival of interest in John, especially in his earlier work, but the reputation of his sister Gwen John now stands higher. Augustus's son Edwin John (1905–1978) and his daughter Vivien...
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Stone, John Augustus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Stone, John Augustus (1800–34), playwright and actor. This once admired dramatist...regularly from 1822 to 1831 and then moved to Philadelphia. Responding to Edwin Forrest 's 1828 offer of a $500 prize for “the best tragedy...
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Forrest, Edwin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Forrest, Edwin (1806–72), actor. Generally...American themes. First prize went to John Augustus Stone for Metamora , which was soon one...of elocution.” Biography: Edwin Forrest: First Star of the American Stage...
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