Vanessa Bell

1879–1961

Studland Beach. Verso: Group of Male Nudes by Duncan Grant c.1912
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Biography

Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 30 May 1879 – 7 April 1961) was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen).

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Artworks

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Iris Tree

Chrysanthemums

Nude

Interior with a Table

Pheasants

Helen Dudley

Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece

Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting

Artist as subject

Bloomsbury Pie

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Vanessa

Dame Ethel Walker

On display at Tate Britain part of Tate Archive is 50

Vanessa Bell

No! No! Cézanne never used it

William Roberts

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Stories

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Walks of Art: Bonnie Greer on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group

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Opinion: 'Middlebrow' art

Hana Leaper

Sketches, letters, etc.

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

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Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

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Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

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Black and white negative of Angelica Bell dressed as a peaseblossom in a midsummer nights dream

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