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Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Name: Gwen John: Strange Beauties
Start: 2026-08-01
End: 2027-01-04
Location: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Rating: 5

1 August 2026 to 4 January 2027

Painting Drawing & Works on Paper Post-Impressionism Gwen John

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5/5 from 1 rating

First major Gwen John retrospective in over 40 years, marking 150 years since her birth. Features rarely seen drawings and watercolours alongside paintings spanning Wales to Paris.

From Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over forty years dedicated to one of Wales' most accomplished artists, Gwen John. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, Gwen John studied at the Slade School of Art in London, becoming one of the first generation of women to receive a formal art education, before moving to Paris where she settled. Marking 150 years since her birth,...

Critic Review

The Times

Nancy Durrant

Serene and absolutely stunning

""Our work in life is to develop ourselves and so fulfil our destiny," John wrote to her friend Dorelia McNeill in 1904. This show is a beautiful testament to that."

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