Augustus John Letters 1933-1958

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Augustus John Letters 1933-1958

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Eight outgoing letters written by the Welsh artist, portrait painter to author Gerald Brenan and his wife, Gamel. John writes extensively about his 1955 encounter with John Cowper Powys at his home at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Also a 1934 letter mentioning the celebrated British surgeon, Herbert Barker.

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Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963

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English novelist, essayist, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1934 Dec. 12, Dorchester, England, to John P. Waters, Cambridge, Mass. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365010 From the description of Correspondence, with Alan Dakers, 1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364799 From the description of Letter, 1944 July 18, Cae Coed, Corwen, Wales, to Ada McVickar, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 3436480...

Brenan, Gamel.

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John, Augustus, 1878-1961

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The Welsh artist Augustus John was a successful painter and draftsman, and a well known bohemian figure. He was in great demand as a portraitist, although his works were often controversial. During WWI he was employed by the Canadian government as a war artist in France. John visited the United States as a guest of the Carnegie Institute in 1923. In 1942 King George VI awarded him the Order of Merit for services to art. From the description of Letters, 1917-ca. 1957. (Getty Research ...

Barker, Herbert Atkinson, Sir, 1869-

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Brenan, Gerald

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English writer. From the description of Gerald Brenan Collection, 1911-1978. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122602036 Edward Fitzgerald Brenan (1894-1987), was born in Malta, the son of an English army officer. He spent his earliest years in India and South Africa before being sent to England for his formal education. He studied first at Radley College and then at the Military Academy at Sandhu...