(b Haverfordwest, 22 June 1876; d Dieppe, 3 Sept 1939). Her artistic training began in 1895 at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, allowing her to escape from her restrictive home life. She remained at the Slade until 1898, one of a group of women students that also included her future sister-in-law Ida Nettleship (1877–1907). In this stimulating environment her work developed rapidly, particularly after a trip to Paris in 1898, when she studied at the Académie Carmen under James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Part of the John family

• John, Gwen(dolen Mary)
  • London, §III, 6: Art life and organization, 1851–1909
  • Rodin, Auguste, §1(iii): Paris and Meudon, 1895–1917
  • Rodin, Auguste, §3: Critical reception and posthumous reputation
  • patrons and collectors
    • Quinn, John
  • teachers
    • England, §III, 5: Painting and graphic arts, c 1855–c 1914
    • Whistler, James McNeill, §1(v): Later life, 1894–1903