Augustus John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

The present work was painted after 1925, when Augustus John did his first flower painting on the island of Ischia. Flowers provided an alternative subject to portraiture for John, and these dahlias would have been grown by Dorelia in the garden at Fryern Court, their home on the edge of the New Forest.

We are very grateful to Rebecca John for preparing this catalogue entry.