Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Portrait of David, the artist's son

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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Portrait of David, the artist's son
pencil and oil on canvas
13¾ x 9½ in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm.)
來源
Estate of Mrs Dorelia John; sold by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Caspar John to Piccadilly Gallery after her death.
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner, February 1972.
展覽
possibly London, Chenil Gallery, Augustus John, Provenal studies, November - December 1910 (three pictures in the exhibition were entitled 'Leaning on a stick').
Hull University, Augustus John: Portraits of the Artist's family, 1970, no. 11.
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拍品專文

Born in January 1902, David was Augustus and Ida's first child. His name was not settled on until the end of that year, he narrowly escaped 'Pharoah' and 'Honore' and was called Tony for much of his childhood, and occasionally Dafydd, being a quarter Welsh.

A strong-willed character, referred to as 'lord' of the great rhododendron bush at Alderney Manor, David was Head Boy at Dane Court School for two years. In a typically open-handed way John allowed his boys to choose their own schools at the ages of ten and twelve and David opted for Westminster.

David's relationship with his father was complex; he felt as much a Nettleship as a John and, along with his brothers, would go to great lengths to keep his exotic home life separate from his more ordered school life. As an adult he played down the connection with his famous father, referring to him as 'John' rather than 'my father'.

For many years David was an oboist in the Sadler's Wells orchestra and also worked as a postman and furniture restorer.

David figures in many of his father's drawings and paintings wearing the same large hat as seen in the present work. A pencil drawing David in a large hat, circa 1906, was in the collection of the late Morton Sands.