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Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (died 1961)

Historical image related to Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (died 1961) from January 4, 1878

Augustus John

Welsh painter (1878–1961)

Augustus Edwin John 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…
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January 4

Day of the year

January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 361 days remain until the end of the year.
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