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John, Gwen, 1876-1939
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Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

Fifty-six letters, 1903-1969, to Dorelia McNeill from various correspondents including Boris Anrep (2) 1914-1920s, Dora Carrington (15) 1926-1931, Tommy Earp (7) 1929-1948, Gwen John (4) [1904-1905], Ida John (7) ?1904-1905, Dame Laura Knight (1) 1969, John Sampson (1, photocopy) 1903, Lytton Strachey (4) 1913-1931, and Dora Yates (1, photocopy) 1962.

Miscellaneous letters from artists,

  • NLW MS 23874C.
  • File
  • 1904-1988

Eighty-four letters, 1904-1988, from various artists, addressed to various recipients, and seemingly brought together as examples of autographs.
Among the correspondents are Edward Bawden, 1967 (f. 12), Clive Bell, [?1920s] (f. 85), George Bissill, 1956-1961 (ff. 14-56), Mark Gertler, 1916 (f. 86), Duncan Grant, 1942 (f. 87), Augustus John, 1953-1958 (ff. 4-7, 88), Gwen John, [?1904] (ff. 89-90), Clare Leighton, 1934 (ff. 9-11), Lord Methuen, 1972-1973 (ff. 67-70), Henry Moore, 1950-1951, 1961 (ff. 1-2, 91), John Nash, 1967 (f. 71), Paul Nash, [early 1940s] (f. 92), Sir William Nicholson, 1904-1906 (ff. 93-94), John Piper, 1941-1943 (ff. 72-75), Sir William Rothenstein, 1932 (ff. 96-97), Kenneth Rowntree, 1957 (ff. 78-82), and Sir Matthew Smith, 1950, 1957 (ff. 3, 99). The main recipients are Daniel George, 1953-1962 (ff. 4-8), Cyril Lakin, 1934 (ff. 9-11), Peter Rhodes (ff. 12-56, 58, 65-71, 83-84) and his wife Felicity Rhodes (ff. 57, 59-64, 72-82). The letters include references to the sale of pictures by Peter De Wint (ff. 16, 22-29, 37-40, 44-47) and comments by Augustus John on Caitlin Thomas’s autobiography (f. 6).

Gwen John

Papers relating mostly to Gwen John, [?mid 20 cent.]-2002, accumulated by Sara John. They include a carbon copy typescript of Mary C. A. Edmond's [i.e. Mary Taubman] Edinburgh University dissertation, 'Gwen John 1876-1939', [1953]; a carbon copy typescript draft of introductory notes for an unidentified publication, [?mid 1960s]; a typescript 'final draft' of 'Gwen John 1876-1939' by Sara John, 1982; an incomplete typescript work (ff. 7-9, 11, 13-15, 20-21 only) concerning Gwen John's relationship with her patron John Quinn, [20 cent, last ¼]; various notes, translations and quotations, mostly manuscript, [?in the hand of Sara John], [20 cent, last ¼]-2002; a copy of 'The Antiquary', a poem by Augustus John, dated 1948; and six family photographs, the subjects including Ida, Edwin, Sara and Augustus John, [?mid 20 cent.]-[late 20 cent.].

John, Sara G.

Mary Taubman letters to Edwin John

Seventy-seven letters, 1953-1977, from Mary Taubman (née Edmond), art historian, to Edwin John, discussing Taubman's research into the life and work of Gwen John, including identification of her paintings, publication of her letters, preparations for exhibitions of her work, and the gathering of materials for a proposed biography.
Also included are transcripts, [1967], of letters to Gwen John from Arthur Symonds (f. 79) and Auguste Rodin (f. 80); and a colour copy, [?2005], of a 1955 watercolour painting by Edwin John of Gwen John's garden house at Meudon (f. 170).

Taubman, Mary

Romilly John letters to Sara John

One hundred and forty letters, 1968-1986, from Romilly John to his niece Sara John.
The letters contain references to the John family, in particular Augustus, Gwen and Edwin John, with many discussing the settlement of the estate of Dorelia McNeill.

John, Romilly.

The Fire and the Fountain

  • NLW MS 23713E.
  • File
  • 1974-1975

Scripts, letters and photographs, 1974-1975, relating to the production of 'Augustus and Gwen: The Fire and the Fountain', a television documentary film about Augustus John and Gwen John, written by Eric Rowan and first transmitted, 19 March 1975, on BBC2.
The papers comprise a location list, [1974] (ff. 1-3), dubbing script, 25 February 1975 (ff. 4-31), and post-shoot script, [January 1975] (ff. 32-63); letters to Eric Rowan from Michael Holroyd, 1974 (ff. 64-66), Caspar John, [5] August 1974 (f. 67, postcard), Edwin John, 1974-1975 (ff. 68-70, 73), Poppet Pol, 4 October 1974 (f. 75), Romilly John, 1974-1975 (ff. 76-77 verso), and Mary Taubman, 9 October 1974 (ff. 78-79, incomplete); draft and copy letters of Eric Rowan to Edwin John, [December 1974], 19 February 1975 (ff. 71-72, 74); and five photographs taken during the filming in Provence of Poppet Pol's contribution, [Summer 1974] (ff. 80-84).

Rowan, Eric, 1931-

Article by Eric Rowan on Augustus and Gwen John

  • NLW ex 1921.
  • File
  • [1975]

Proofs of an article by Eric Rowan on Augustus and Gwen John, based on the script of his BBC Wales television film, The Fire and the Fountain, and published in The Listener, 20 March 1975.

Rowan, Eric, 1931-

Gwen John: articles and transcripts

The file includes a photocopy of Gwen John's entry in the fee register at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, 1895; a 'statement as to the domicile' of Gwen John, 1940, by R. T. P. Williams & Sons [Solicitors, Haverfordwest] (original); an article 'Gwen John: artist in exile', [1982], [later published in Michael Holroyd, Works on paper: the craft of biography and autobiography (London, 2002)]; article 'The shy sister' concerning Gwen John, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1976; transcripts of two letters from Gwen John to Ursula Tyrwhitt, 1903 [in NLW MS 21468D]; brief summaries of letters from Edwin John to Gwen John, 1911-1938, and from Ida John to Gwen John, 1902-1904; transcripts of letters from her to William and Alice [Rothenstein], [?1907]-[1926]; text amendments by [Sara John] et al. of Susan Chitty's Gwen John (London, 1981) and typescript and corrected proof, [1981], by Michael Holroyd of his review. -- Also included are photocopies of Augustus John's article on 'Gwendolen John', The Burlington magazine, October 1942; The Art Quarterly, Autumn 1991, advertising Michael Holroyd's lecture 'Gwen and Augustus John' at the Royal Geographical Society; and a leaflet advertising The golden nineties. Gwen John and her forgotten contemporaries, when Michael Holroyd gave a talk on 'Gwen and Augustus John' at Lincoln in 1996; and a leaflet promoting 'An afternoon with Gwen and Augustus John', Manchester 1986.

Slade School of Fine Art

Artists' files 7

Correspondence and papers relating to the artists: James Dickson Innes, Lyn Jenkins, Philip Oswald Jennings, Augustus John and Gwen John, [1946]-[1997].

Michael Holroyd (Augustus John) Research Papers,

  • GB 0210 HOLROYD
  • Fonds
  • [1899]-2000 (accumulated [1968]-2000) /

The fonds comprises the research papers of Michael Holroyd mainly relating to his biography of Augustus John originally published in 1974-1975, other editions and the revised edition published in 1996. These include letters from the John family, researchers, British and foreign repositories, photocopies of letters from Augustus John to his family, letters to fellow artists, his writer friends and members of the Gypsy Lore Society; reminiscences of friends and family; press cuttings relating to his works; papers relating to Augustus John's autobiography Chiaroscuro published in 1952, including publishing contracts; photocopies of writings by Augustus John; publishing agreements and book reviews of the biography. Also included are exhibition addresses on the artist by Michael Holroyd; scripts written about him and Gwen John by others, papers relating to the book co-written by Michael Holroyd and Malcolm Easton, The art of Augustus John (London, 1974), together with some research papers relating to Gwen John and to other projects.

Holroyd, Michael

John family reminiscences

The file comprises notes on their recollections of Augustus John and their childhood, [1968]-[1975], 'Some aspects of Fryern' by Tristan de Vere Cole and of Sir Caspar John, David John, Dorelia John, Romilly John, Amaryllis Fleming, Poppet Pol, [Vivien White] and Villiers Bergne, with transcripts of three letters and a postcard from Augustus John, 1941-1958, to him with added notes on their context. Also included are photocopies from The Listener, March 1975, of Eric Rowan's article 'The fire and the fountain' quoting the impressions of Sir Caspar John and some of his siblings on the artist and on Gwen John with contributions by Mary Taubman; a note on the life of Augustus John's mother Augusta John (née Smith); notes from the talk Augustus John gave in [1949] for the [BBC, Far Eastern Service] entitled 'I speak for myself'; a note on Dorelia; and a photocopy of a typescript account 'The artist at home' by [Romilly John]. Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 1963, from the University Registry, Cardiff, relating to a proposed memorial plaque for the artist in Haverfordwest, with an extract from a Report of the Congregation of the University showing that he was awarded an LL.D degree by the University in 1932.

Bergne, Villiers A'Court