B. 1878-1961 While studying at the Slade School of Art and the University of London, Augustus Edwin John won a scholarship for his painting, Moses and the Brazen Serpent. In 1900, he traveled to Paris and then continued throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Provence and painted under the influence of the Post-Impressionists. John served as a Canadian war artist during Word War I and then continued to paint portraits in England. He was appointed to the Royal Academy in 1928 and was given the Order of Merit in 1942.
B. 1878-1961 While studying at the Slade School of Art and the University of London, Augustus Edwin John won a scholarship for his painting, Moses and the Brazen Serpent. In 1900, he traveled to Paris and then continued throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Provence and painted under the influence of the Post-Impressionists. John served as a Canadian war artist during Word War I and then continued to paint portraits in England. He was appointed to the Royal Academy in 1928 and was given the Order of Merit in 1942.
