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Against a loosely painted purple-pink background, a girl with light skin tone and long light-brown hair stands with her hands clasped, looking directly out at the viewer.

National Museum of Women in the Arts · Downtown

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Upcoming30 July 2027 – 28 November 2027·$16

The most comprehensive survey of Gwen John (1876-1939) in over 40 years, uniting her quiet oil portraits with rarely seen drawings and watercolours from Wales to Paris.

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