Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
The Lives and Loves of Gwen and Augustus John
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Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
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Narrated by:
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Deryn Edwards
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By:
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Judith Mackrell
About this listen
In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell turns her attention to British brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John.
In many ways they were polar opposites.
Augustus was the larger of the two; vivid, volatile and promiscuous, he was a hero among romantics and bohemians, celebrated as one of the great British talents of his generation.
As a woman, Gwen's place in the art world was much smaller, and her private way of working and reserved nature meant it was only long after her death that her tremendous gifts were fully acknowledged. But her temperament was as turbulent as her brother's. She formed passionate attachments to men and woman, including a long affair with the sculptor Rodin.
And there were other ways in which the two Johns were remarkably alike, as Mackrell vividly reveals. The result is a powerful portrait of two prodigiously talented artists and visionaries, whose experiments with form and colour created some of the most memorable work of the early twentieth century.
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©2025 Judith Mackrell (P)2025 Macmillan Australia AudioCritic Reviews
'Judith Mackrell has done an incredible job in bringing to life the stories of these two great artists' - Anthony D’Offay
'This is a must read . . . a deeply moving account of a family bursting with talent' - Anne Sebba