Augustus John was celebrated first for his brilliant figure drawings, and then for a new technique of oil sketching. His work was favourably compared in London with that of Gauguin and Matisse.

Her works ranged from portrait busts to religious scenes, mostly cruifixions and pieta, semi-abstract and mythical figures, life-sized statues and monumental public commissions.

Arguably Fordingbridge’s most famous resident, Augustus Edwin John, was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher who rose to become one of Britain's leading portrait artists in the early 20th ...

Plotted with all the verve of a great Victorian novel, this account of artist siblings Gwen and Augustus (“Gus”) John offers a fascinating survey of the lives of both as they chart different ...

Works by Augustus John and the talented but lesser-known John Dickson Innes as well as Ireland’s Roderic O’Conor will be in this section of the show.

This dual biography of British brother and sister artists Augustus and Gwen John is described as a “powerful portrait” of their remarkable relationship, and how their experiments with form and ...