Artists, Siblings, Visionaries
$30.99 at de Young Museum.
In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell tells the stories of brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John.As siblings, they could hardly have seemed more unalike. Augustus was in every way the larger of the two; vivid, volatile, and promiscuous, he was a hero among romantics and bohemians. And, until his drinking began to undermine his work, he was celebrated as one of the great British talents of his generation.Gwen's place in the art world was much smaller. As a woman…
