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Gwendolen Mary John (Gwen John) (), artist, was born on 22 June in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, to Edwin and Augusta John.

She attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, from to In she settled in Paris, moving to the suburb of Meudon in From until his death the American lawyer and art collector John Quinn () became a patron of her work.

Gwen John: A Solitary Life - by Victoria K. Walker

In John became friends with Quinn's companion Jeanne Robert Foster (). Gwen John died in Dieppe, France, on 18 September
Gwen John's younger brother, Augustus Edwin John (), artist, was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and became a leading British portrait painter. His marriage to Ida Nettleship () produced