[Augustus John] : artist file 1900-

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[Augustus John] : artist file 1900-

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Assembled file includes clippings, photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, postcards, press releases, slides, resumes, reviews, exhibition ephemera.

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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library

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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library

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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library.

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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 ...