Graduated from the Slade School of Art, London, with his elder sister, Gwen John. His favourite themes were gypsies, fishing folk and wild, lovely, yet regal women. Smiling Woman; Richard Hughes. John, Gwen (18761939) Welsh painter who worked as an artists model and became Rodins mistress. A Corner of the Artists Room. Johns, Jasper (1930 ) American Neo-Dadaist painter and sculptor, a strong.