{"product_id":"gwen-john-strange-beauties-9780300286571","title":"Gwen John: Strange Beauties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGwen John (1876-1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her life by her relationships with men, including her brother, the painter Augustus John, and lover, the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In recent years, leading art historians and curators have shed new light on John's significant contributions to British art, her connection to European modernism, and her serial process. \u003ci\u003eGwen John: Strange Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e builds on this groundwork, bringing together the artist's distinctive oil paintings with rarely seen works on paper to illuminate the underexamined scope of her ambition, revealing lesser-known aspects of her practice--a vibrant use of color, plein air sketching and an interplay between figuration and abstraction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by the Yale Center for British Art in association with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales\/Distributed by Yale University Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(February 7-June 28, 2026) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(August 1, 2026-January 4, 2027) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYale Center for British Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(February 18-June 20, 2027) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(July 30-November 28, 2027)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Stratton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale Center for British Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 9.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300286571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Stratton\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar and curator and a former postdoctoral research associate at the Yale Center for British Art.. \u003cb\u003eLucy Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is senior curator of art at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rachel Stratton \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834183467165,"sku":"9780300286571","price":84.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9453407f-3c0d-4255-8807-27464735d28a.jpg?v=1776145640","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/gwen-john-strange-beauties-9780300286571","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}