Augustus John: Autobiography

by Augustus John, Michael Holroyd (Introducction)

Wonderful plates of art. Augustus Edwin John OM, RA, (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom. "Augustus 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. He then developed a style of portraiture that was imaginative and often extravagant, catching an instantaneous attitude in his subjects."[

Genres: Biography

451 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Augustus Edwin John OM RA (January 04, 1878 - October 31, 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher.

For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain. He was the younger brother of the painter Gwen John.