- NLW MS 22285B.
- File
- [?1920]-1930 /
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Exercise book, [?1920]-1930, of Gwen John containing a few impressions and sparse notes for pictures.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Exercise book, [?1920]-1930, of Gwen John containing a few impressions and sparse notes for pictures.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notebook, 1928-1929, containing personal reflections in the form of draft letters from Gwen John, in French to Véra Oumanҫoff, and in English to Tom Burns.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notebook, c. 1930-1932, containing personal reflections, mainly in the form of draft letters from Gwen John to Véra Oumançoff and to Chanoine A. Pierme.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Extracts, 1911-1919, by Gwen John, copied from various authors, mostly religious or philosophical.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some one hundred and thirty draft letters, [c. 1908]-1938, from Gwen John to various correspondents (surnames P-W), including Rainer Maria Rilke (4) [c. 1910]-1913, Auguste Rodin (57) [c. 1908]-[c. 1916], and Ursula Tyrwhitt (4) 1911-1938.
Draft letters to Véra Oumançoff
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some eighty-two draft letters, July 1927-April 1932, from Gwen John to Véra Oumançoff, containing mainly personal news and reflections but also including references to John's drawing in church (ff. 1-4, 42 verso); showing her pictures to Véra, and the latter’s reactions to them (ff. 12 verso, 29 verso, 30, 38-40 verso, 66); the 'dessins du lundi' (ff. 56, 78, 97); general references to her work (ff. 21, 23); notes on colours and tones (f. 41); rough sketches (f. 90 verso); the demolition of the mairie [at Meudon] and new buildings going up (ff. 60-62); the dampness of the house where she lives (f. 87); fragmentary drafts of letters to Tom Burns (ff. 34, 53 verso).
Oumançoff, Véra, 1886-1959
Papers and correspondence, 1880-1972, of or relating to the artist Gwen John and including letters and diaries, exercise books and other notebooks, and sketches; together with correspondence and other papers relating to the estate of Gwen John, and photographs found amongst her papers after her death.
John, Gwen, 1876-1939