Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: Gwen and Augustus John

Biographers in Conversation · Jul 16, 2026 · 43m

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Dr Judith Mackrell, one of Britain’s most eminent biographers, chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The Lives and Loves of Gwen and Augustus John.

Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:

Artists, Siblings, Visionaries is the first major dual biography of Gwen and Augustus John, siblings who became two of the most significant British artists of the 20th century.

The death of Augusta, Gwen and Augustus’s mother, left the young children emotionally bereft, creating in Augustus a…