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Portrait a Woman
Presented by A.E. Anderson with assistance from the Art Fund 1923
adults
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individuals: female
McNeill, Dorothy, ‘Dorelia’
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woman
<p>Augustus John was one of the star pupils of the Slade School in the late 1890s. He was invited to exhibit with the New English Art Club, and was one of its most innovative contributors in the early years of this century.This portrait of the artist's wife Dorelia, was made for the important American collector John Quinn, who was an early admirer of John's work. The technique of painting in oils with pure colour, unshaded, had first been used by John in sketches of Provence in 1910. He used the same style in this portrait, but with quieter colours.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint wood
29 September 2004 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
29 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
2004-09-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
12 February 2005 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
2005-02-12
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (Cardiff, UK)
2004-09-29
Gwen John and Augustus John
Exhibition
31 October 2022
31 October 2022
2022-10-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-10-31
Gallery 4
Collection based display
Portrait of a Woman
support: 406 × 324 mm
frame: 596 × 520 × 98 mm
Presented by A.E. Anderson with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1923
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<p>This painting is an early portrait of Dorelia McNeill, a frequent model of Augustus John. She first met the artist while attending evening classes at Westminster School of Art in 1903, later becoming his partner and mother of their four children. John had first used the technique of painting in oils with pure colour, unshaded in sketches of Provence in 1910. He used the same style in this portrait, but with quieter colours. This painting was made for the US collector John Quinn, who was an early admirer of John’s work.</p>
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Online caption
2023-12-01T00:00:00
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ONLINE_CAPTION
<p><b>N03731</b>	HEAD OF A GIRL <i>c.</i> 1908
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Oil on wood, 16×12 3/4 (41×32·5).
<br/>Presented by A. E. Anderson through the National Art-Collections Fund 1923.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
John Quinn, New York; bought by A. E. Anderson from the Independent Gallery 1923.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Private Collection of the Earlier Work of Augustus John</i>, Independent Gallery, January–February 1923 (28); Temple Newsam, Leeds, July–August 1946 (29).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>N.A.C.F. Report 1923</i>, 1924, p.36; <i>Picture Post</i>, II, 18 March 1939, p.44 (in colour).</p>
<p>This is an early <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of John's second wife, Dorelia.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-05T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults body head / face individuals: female McNeill, Dorothy, ‘Dorelia’ named individuals people portraits woman