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To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.

Gwen John

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Gwen John
Age: 63 †
Born: 1876
Born: June 22
Died: 1939
Died: September 18
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Visual Artist
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Gwendolyn Mary John
Gwendolen Mary John
Gwendolen John
Gwendoline Mary John
Secretive
Reserved
Passionate
Violence
Causes
Suffering

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