The Edwardians: Secrets and Desires | Gwen JOHN

DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, The fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art Collection

DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, Almina, daughter of Asher Wertheimer 1908, Tate, London, presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes in 1922

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JOHN, Gwen

Wales 1876 – France 1939

England from 1895, France 1898, France from 1903 with occasional visits to England thereafter

The nun mid-1910's

Painting

oil on cardboard

71.2 (h) x 52.0 (w) cm

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest in 1947

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The nun is a portrait of Sister Marie Céline, one of the Dominican Sisters of Charity at Meudon. John lived near the convent and painted a number of portraits of the nuns, often with only subtle variations.