Ruptures

Gwen John: I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world. And yet I know it will.

Self-Portrait, 1902, by Gwen John

Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although in her lifetime, John's work was overshadowed by that of her brother and her mentor and lover Auguste Rodin, awareness and esteem for John's artistic contributions has grown considerably since her death. Via Wikipedia

Top left: The Student, 1903, oil on canvas, gift from Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925

Top right: La Chambre sur la Cour, between 1907 and 1908, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bottom left: Dorelia by Lamplight, at Toulouse (1903-04). Oil on canvas.

Bottom right: Woman Dressing, c 1907. Photograph: Bernie C Staggers/Yale Center for British Art/Paul Mellon Collection via Gwen John, The Student, 1903, oil on canvas, gift from Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925

Felix Vallotton, Intimacy, early 1900s

Woodcuts