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Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

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Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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The artist met Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) at the Fitzroy Tavern, probably in 1935, and introduced him to Caitlin Macnamara, whom he married in 1937. This is one of a pair of portraits of the young poet by John. Both probably date from late 1937 or early 1938 when Thomas and his wife were staying at her mother's house in Hampshire not far from John's home at Fryern Court. The artist recalled 'I got him to to sit for me twice, the second portrait being the more successful: provided with a bottle of beer he sat very patiently.'

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Title

Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

Date

1937–1938

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 41.4 x W 35 cm

Accession number

NMW A 159

Acquisition method

gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1942

Work type

Painting

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Augustus Edwin John

1878–1961

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