A SPOTLIGHT ON GWEN JOHN

Wed 2 Apr, 3.30–4.30pm

At the Museum and Online

An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean

In-person event will take place in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom.

Teas, coffee, and cake will be served in the Headley Lecture Theatre from 3pm, when the doors open.

Booking is essential

With David Boyd Haycock, art writer and curator

Although her work was often under-appreciated in her lifetime, living in the shadow of her famously flamboyant brother, Augustus John, Gwen John has now gained an international reputation.

This talk explores her life and work, including her fraught relationship with her brother and her affair with the French sculptor Rodin.

Charcoal drawing of a young girl seated and facing us, with her hands on her lap

Seated girl, probably Marie Hamonet, Gwen John, c. 1918-20 © Ashmolean Museum

David Boyd Haycock, lecturer, writer and curator specialising in 20th-century British art, returns to the Museum for two lectures focusing on two leading artists: Gwen John and Stanley Spencer.

This event will be recorded and the recording will be shared with ticketholders following the event.