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Historical Artist - Vanessa Bell (1753 - 1839)
Vanessa Bell was the wife of Clive Bell, marrying the fellow artists in 1907. She was also the
sister of Virginia Woolf who was active in the Bloomsbury group alongside her husband. Her
initial painting approach was fairly conservative before she adapted the ideas of the
Post-Impressionist movement. By 1914, Bell was painting only abstract work. She began living
with Duncan Grant two years later, with whom she spent the remainder of her life traveling and
painting at their house in Firle, Sussex. Vanessa Bell's significant paintings include
Studland Beach (1912), The Tub (1918), Interior with Two Women
(1932), and portraits of her sister Virginia Woolf (three in 1912), Aldous Huxley (1929-1930),
and David Garnett (1916). She is considered one of the major contributors to British portrait
drawing and landscape art in the 20th century.
Contemporary United Kingdom Artists
Art Galleries in the United Kingdom
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