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Vase of Flowers

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The subject of the painting is a vase of pink and white flowers on a wooden table with a few white petals falling onto the table. A pink cloth is draped over a table in the background. It is an oil on board painting using the style of dry painting with an impasto brush. It may have been painted in
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John's biographer Mary Taubman describes this painting as a "classical and conceptual image and has the appearance of being a considered and reflective development on the original."
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Gwen John's biographer Cecily Langdale says the painting probably dates from the late 1910s. A similar, earlier painting by John called
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In April 2016, the painting was selected as one of Wales' ten iconic paintings as part of the Europeana art project.
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The undated work was painted in the early part of the 20th century. It was donated to the
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40 cm × 122 cm (16 in × 48 in)
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by the Contemporary Art Society of Wales (CASW) in 1957.
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Gwen John
National Library of Wales
Welsh
Gwen John
National Library of Wales
Manchester Art Gallery
ISBN
0-300-03868-2
"Europeana 280 Blog"
the original
Vase of Flowers
Art UK
Categories
1910s paintings
Paintings by Gwen John
Still life paintings
Flower paintings
Oil paintings

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