{"product_id":"gwen-john-rachel-stratton-9780300286571","title":"Gwen John: Strange Beauties","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive survey in 40 years brings new scholarly attention and a feminist perspective to the Welsh painter with a singular vision of female interior life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gwen John (1876-1939), best known for her portraits of women depicted in close tonal registers, was overshadowed during her life by her relationships with men, including her brother, the painter Augustus John, and lover, the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In recent years, leading art historians and curators have shed new light on John's significant contributions to British art, her connection to European modernism, and her serial process. \u003ci\u003eGwen John: Strange Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e builds on this groundwork, bringing together the artist's distinctive oil paintings with rarely seen works on paper to illuminate the underexamined scope of her ambition, revealing lesser-known aspects of her practice--a vibrant use of color, plein air sketching and an interplay between figuration and abstraction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art, in association with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (February 7-June 28, 2026) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (August 1, 2026-January 4, 2027) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYale Center for British Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (February 18-June 20, 2027) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (July 30-November 28, 2027)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Stratton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300286570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300286571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yc British Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rachel Stratton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424951615743,"sku":"9780300286571","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf0e608c-1b10-4799-8b5d-bf014de1ec40.jpg?v=1761535977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gwen-john-rachel-stratton-9780300286571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}