Augustus John

Augustus John OM RA
John in 1902 by George Charles Beresford
Born	Augustus Edwin John (1878-01-04)4 January 1878 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died	(1961-10-31)31 October 1961 (aged 83) Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
Known for	painter
Movement	Post-Impressionism
Spouse	Ida Nettleship ​ ​ (m. 1901; died 1907)​
Partner	Dorothy "Dorelia" McNeill
Children	various, including Casper, Vivien, Gwyneth, Amaryllis, and Tristan
Relatives	Gwen John (sister)
Awards	Order of Merit Royal Academician

Augustus Edwin John OM RA (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over. The age of Augustus John was dawning."^[1] He was the younger brother of the painter Gwen John.