{"id":455256,"date":"2026-02-07T22:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:41:08","slug":"the-reclusive-spinster-artist-who-shunned-conformity-and-embraced-freedom-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455256\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#039;reclusive spinster&#039; artist who shunned conformity and embraced freedom &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE0xNkRhVUxHSGFnZUpqXzdvMmFkdkV6RXE5T05SSUhHbXpFR0lIUnk1OF85UVRtSkJCbTVxYkFSYS1qT2UxTWJSTl9qTlpXRlZtckZwZ2Q4bjZxdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The &#8216;reclusive spinster&#8217; artist who shunned conformity and embraced freedom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPM1ZsX2Qzem9OUVpfVXQxb3RtcHFMejdEN3ZPd2VvMFZpRlNCejVJTHV3bnlOWHRocHFpUk8zbFplbW5UeWxZeVJxR1ZubkpoV3VZZ3lwVEFZaGwtVVRsd0xNNnBFM2JUSmppSk90V2FtcTNDTDNIU0tKdllRYUFtMXV4SkZCci1WMi1Bdk8xbDdrd2ZITWpGMWFDUHlyeEVMR2t0MUxvOXp4c3Bkd3A4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gwen John\u2014the quiet \u2018seer of strange beauties\u2019\u2014gets major show in Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Art Newspaper<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQUzdaX0xPaktZbk1ITmhueUlmeU54aVpQMERucnRzSFJCYmNnclhnZHZxdUVFY1U0SHRmNFZuUEs5YmNyWFJ5TXQ0eXhtcFh4cGx3cWl4OHhHRkp4R0hTRlRpUHJsYWNnRWdkTVVrQnhZaTZPM0xnOVJwVkk0ZmhOX3JydDNZRGRsREVLeDNsOTFMR0g5ZXQ2SjB2blZ4UWlQRmZSVnRmRm9ReDBMZkl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gwen John: Strange Beauties review \u2013 Wales\u2019s great modern artist stuns us with the glory of solitude<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPRWFvY1dOMkVUNi1EY1lRLXp1Q2l1cmtqQW1rNnNaV3FPdnNJVi1hd1I0ZmRDUm9pSkxyaTJPNzdhQmtDN09XYlVCLUNPQVlrWS1aSE9jMUhhNGFacWtoa3M1cXB3cldjOENlcUljMHRIRGJCZ2sxQi1FWnp4QXh2Vm1CaXpSbENDcnQ1cklYdjZibGlxRGJoX0dURmV0YkVGZlJYaGY3VDZFYWJPYlNPRzNVUFlKLXltbVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Review: The powerful devotion of a female gaze: a triumphant exhibition of Gwen John&#8217;s work<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nation.Cymru<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1kT1RjaDc0RHJSaldqcGdKSEYtQW5XSzk5Y1Z6UnBKc0ozUmF2dFZxalpNTVAxaGc0OFYyY2pVdUt6QW10bTBoajlyTHliODExN0JHRnFaN0F0NVZILXVxd0JUV2xkSlNqLXFwUkxDSmpuUUU3cklhUTZoQS0zUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The private lives of Gwen John<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Observer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8216;reclusive spinster&#8217; artist who shunned conformity and embraced freedom&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCGwen John\u2014the quiet \u2018seer of strange beauties\u2019\u2014gets major show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-455256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}