Artists, Siblings, Visionaries

In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell turns her attention to British brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John. In many ways they were polar opposites.

Gus was rambunctious, boastful, promiscuous and a self-proclaimed ‘roaring boy’ of the most Bohemian kind – qualities that were reflected in his work, which was itself far from shy and retiring. In his...