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“ Roger Fry, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, Saxon Arnold Sydney-Turner, Lytton Strachey, #VanessaBell ”
by Unknown photographer, c.1916
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The dining room window, Charleston, c.1940, Priv.Coll.
by #VanessaBell #bot #30May 1879-1961

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In memory of Virginia Woolf #BOTD 1882 ♥️ “No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.” Portrait of #virginiawoolf, #vanessabell, Oil on Canvas, c. 1912 (National Trust). Biographies at http://beyondbloomsbury.substack.com 📚

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daily VW: unless you have a specific interest, most people overlook #VirginiaWoolf 's older sister Vanessa Bell, who had an interesting life in her own right as a painter, designer, & unashamed partner in an open marriage. she is usually seen in relation to VW, which must have been a mixed experience. 'The [sister] had always worn a yoke--but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions?'

(to quote another notorious adultress)

#history #art #reading #writing #VanessaBell

Reading about the Charleston Trust, where Virgina Woolf lived with #VanessaBell, and #DuncanGrant. Did you know they made a dinner service of famous women plates 1932-34? Here's a link and some pics
https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-7/famous-women Incredible collection and reminiscent of Judy Chicago's the Dinner Party

I love that you see two sides of her personality here: bored and acquiescent on the left, defiant on the right.
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Portrait of Dora Morris by #bloomsburygroup artist #vanessabell, Oil on Canvas, c. 1937 (Photo Credit: Leeds Art Gallery). Free monthly biographies at http://beyondbloomsbury.substack.com ♥️
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