Gwendolen Mary John (1876-1939)
Mère Poussepin Meudon, Paris, about 1915/20 Oil on canvas 60.5 x 45.3 cm Mother Marie Poussepin founded the Order of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Virgin of Tours in 1696. Gwen John was commissioned in 1913 to paint Poussepin’s portrait for their convent in Meudon, the Parisian suburb where she lived and attended … Read more