The painting that made Gwen John famous is Self Portrait (1909). Woman Holding a Flower (1915) and A Young Nun (1917) follow it in the hearts of collectors and museum visitors. Of the 145 works by Gwen John in our catalogue, these 100 are the most admired, each presented with its date, its museum and what sets it apart.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated Oktober 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.
Diese eindrucksvolle Zeichnung von Gwen John, die im Jahr 1910 entstand, gewährt einen tiefen Einblick in die intensive Auseinandersetzung der Künstlerin mit der menschlichen Psyche. Sie zeigt den…
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The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Gwen John | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | 12 | Vase of Flowers, Rooftop: View from the Artist's Studio, Rooftop and Pathway: View from the Artist's Studio | |
| New Haven | 11 | Study of a Nun, Woman Posing in a Hat, Young Woman Holding a Cat | |
| 2 | The Convalescent, The Convalescent | ||
| Washington | 2 | The Convalescent, Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon | |
| Melbourne | 2 | untitled (9957), Interior with Figures | |
| New York City | 3 | untitled (2064) | |
| Birmingham | 1 | Woman Holding a Flower | |
| Edinburgh | 1 | A Young Nun |
Self Portrait (1909). Next come Woman Holding a Flower (1915) and A Young Nun (1917).
33 years old: Self Portrait dates from 1909 and Gwen John was born in 1876.
Self Portrait, Woman Holding a Flower, A Young Nun, Study of a Nun, Woman with Cloak, Bust of a Girl with a Bow Before a Pink Background, Young Woman in a Grey Cloak, The Nun, Portrait of a Girl in Grey [Girl in Grey with Rosary] and Woman Posing in a Hat. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 145 works by Gwen John, dated from 1909 to 1925.
Most of them are in Nationalbibliothek von Wales (Aberystwyth), Yale Center for British Art (New Haven) and Fitzwilliam Museum. The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1920s: 27 of the 100 works on this page date from then, among them Woman with Cloak.
The earliest on this page is Self Portrait (1909), the latest The Little Interior (1925).
Women (15), Portrait (12) and Girls (9), among the 100 works on this page.
Contemporary realism and Modernism, as the paintings on this page show.
Vase of Flowers, Rooftop: View from the Artist's Studio and Rooftop and Pathway: View from the Artist's Studio are among the 11 works on this page held by the Nationalbibliothek von Wales, Aberystwyth.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.