Editing Augustus John (section)

==Honours and reputation==
Early in his career John became a leading figure in the [[New English Art Club]], where he frequently exhibited in the years up to the First World War. With his vivid manner of portraiture and his ability to catch unerringly some striking and usually unfamiliar aspect of his subject, he superseded [[John Singer Sargent|Sargent]] as England's fashionable portrait painter. In 1921, he was elected an Associate of the [[Royal Academy]] and elected a full R.A. in 1928. He was named to the [[Order of Merit]] by [[George VI]] in 1942. He was a trustee of the [[Tate Gallery]] from 1933 to 1941, and President of the [[Royal Society of Portrait Painters]] from 1948 to 1953. He was awarded the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of [[Tenby]] on 30 October 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/augustus-john-artist-receives-freedom-of-the-borough-of-his-home-town-of-tenby-in-wales-augustus-edwin-john-om-ra-4-january-1878-oo-31-october-1961-was-a-welsh-painter-draughtsman-and-etcher-for-a-short-time-around-1910-he-was-an-important-exponen-2294525a|title=Augustus John Artist Receives Freedom Borough His Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image &#124; Shutterstock|website=Shutterstock Editorial}}</ref> On his death in 1961, an obituary in ''[[The New York Times]]'' observed, 'He was regarded as the grand old man of British painting, and as one of the greatest in British history.' <ref>Haycock (2018), p. 11.</ref>

John's granddaughter Rebecca John, the leading authority on her grandfather, said in 2024, while praising his earlier work, that "most [paintings since the 1930s] should have been burned. My grandfather went down the drain from the 1930s onwards, drank too much, lost his judgment, and took every opportunity to earn money from portraits of society ladies and the wives of notable men".<ref>{{cite news| last=Brooks | first=Richard | title='Most paintings should have been burnt': Augustus John's granddaughter attacks artist's later works |newspaper=The Observer| date=21 April 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/21/burn-augustus-john-later-works-artist-granddaughter-rebecca}}</ref>

=== Collections ===

His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Museum of New Zealand]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/40528|access-date=2021-02-12|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}</ref> the [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Augustus JOHN - Artists - eMuseum|url=http://collections.sbma.net/people/411/augustus-john;jsessionid=2BBECA915843F593CEBB92D4E5F6D0AB|access-date=2021-02-12|website=collections.sbma.net}}</ref> the [[British Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=drawing {{!}} British Museum|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1978-0624-4|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The British Museum|language=en}}</ref> the [[Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Augustus John. Alice Rothenstein. (n.d.) {{!}} MoMA|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/36493|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}}</ref> the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: William Butler Yeats|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/20939/view|access-date=2021-02-12|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}</ref> the [[Brooklyn Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn Museum|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/104500|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.brooklynmuseum.org}}</ref> [[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Art Collections Online|url=https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=407&type=artist|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales|language=en}}</ref> the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mumpers|url=https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/mumpers-50151|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.dia.org|language=en}}</ref> and the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Hope Scott|url=https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/90390.html?mulR=818508912%7C2|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.philamuseum.org}}</ref>