Art in Isolation | Series 2 Episode 3: A Brush with Rebellion | Augustus John

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In this episode, Philip investigates a father-son relationship between bohemian artist Augustus John and his son Robin John. Robin John (1904-1988) was the third son of Augustus John and his first wife Ida Nettleship (1877–1907). The two had a difficult relationship, Robin's silences often infuriated John, who declared his son ‘hardly utters a word and radiates hostility'. Robin recollected; ‘I’m sure he [Augustus] regretted our inability – as I did – to achieve a friendly and easy relationship. But the main obstacle was that he – fundamentally – was a rebel against established society and most conventions, while I hated Bohemianism and yearned for a normal life – which made me in turn also a rebel – but in reverse’.

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