Art and Antiques: AUGUSTUS EDWIN JOHN OM RA (1878-1961)

This exquisite portrait dates from John’s time as a student at the Slade School of Art, where he studied between 1896 and 1899. John relished the...

Augustus John was one of the most prominent artistic personalities of his day, famous for being a brilliant draughtsman. His portraits achieve stri...

Edith Ashley was a love of Augustus John's in 1911; the present portrait drawing may be dated to that year. Edith's friendship with Augustus coinci...

Iris Tree (1897-1968), poet, actress and painter, the second daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, was one of the exciting and eccentric guests wh...

Augustus John was one of the most prominent artistic personalities of his day, famous for his bohemianism, womanising and fascination with the gyps...

Robin was the third son of Augustus and Ida John, the artist's first wife. He was born in 1904, the year after his father began his affair with th...

Augustus John was first commissioned to paint William Butler Yeats for A. H. Bullen’s edition of the collected works of the poet. The edition was...

Hailed as the greatest draughtsman in Britain, the genius of the Slade School, tall, flamboyant in his cape and hat, pheromones flying, Augustus Jo...

In 1917 Augustus John volunteered to become a war artist under the aegis of the Canadian War Memorials Fund; he had not previously been allowed to ...