Synopsis
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-fiction
'Outstanding' - The Guardian
'Superb' - The Telegraph
'A must read' - Anne Sebba
'Lively' - The Times
They seemed to be polar opposites . . .
Augustus: vivid, volatile and promiscuous. He was a hero among romantics and bohemians, celebrated as one of the great British talents of his generation.
Gwen’s art was magnificent, but she was also more reserved, and as a woman she struggled for the recognition which has only come to her now, years after her death.
Artists, Siblings, Visionaries is a riveting story of love, infidelity, betrayal, and of two extraordinary siblings whose art and lives subverted society’s expectations.
Details
19 March 2026
9781529095883Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Judith Mackrell has done an incredible job in bringing to life the stories of these two great artists
This dream of a book lures us back to that most fascinating world, that of Gwen and Augustus John
This is a must read . . . a deeply moving account of a family bursting with talent
Wonderfully conjures the siblings’ radical lives and the changing world they inhabited . . . Judith Mackrell’s splendid double biography, does full justice to each of these prodigious talents
