A Half Forgotten Song
“The job was in the bindery department of a printing works that produced high-quality art books and periodicals. For two weeks, I hand-collated a book about the artist Augustus John and saw, again and again, his glorious portraits, which were often of the women in his life. I was captivated by them. I took a copy of the book home with me, and learned a bit more about the man—one of Britain’s foremost twentieth-century artists.He lived in a very unconventional way for the late Edwardian era, with... his wife, Ida; his mistress, Dorelia; the children of both women; and sometimes Dorelia’s sister, too; all under one roof. He was said to have had tremendous allure, and to be a great lover of women—so much so that it was joked that he would pat the head of any passing child in the street, just in case it was his. His portraits are strikingly sensuous. He manages to convey mood, expression, and atmosphere with just a few strokes of his pencil, and often worked quickly, spontaneously, to capture a moment.MoreLess
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