Gwen John: The Artist Who Painted in Silence

Gwen John: The Artist Who Painted in Silence

Gwen John was born in Haverfordwest in 1876, the second of five children to Edwin, a solicitor and his wife Augusta. Augusta died when Gwen was 8 years old and the family moved to Tenby. She and her sister were educated by governesses, but she entertained herself by sketching objects found on the seashore. Gwen John - The Brown Tea Pot In 1895, she enrolled as a student at the Slade School of Art, whi…