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1900s

1904
Vanessa Stephen (Bell) moves to Gordon Square, Bloomsbury with her brothers and sister.

1905
'Friday Club' founded by Vanessa Bell. With the literary 'Thursday Evenings' organised by her brother Thoby, these groups formed the origins of the 'Bloomsbury Group'.

1906
Duncan Grant spends a year in Paris studying at 'La Palette', the art school run by Jacques-Emile Blanche.

1907
Vanessa marries Clive Bell.
 
Vanessa and Thoby Stephen
© Tate Archive, 2003
Vanessa and Thoby Stephen
Letter from Vanessa
Stephen to Clive Bell

© Henrietta Garnett
All rights reserved
 
Letter from Vanessa Stephen to Clive Bell
1910s

1910
Roger Fry meets Vanessa and Clive Bell.
Manet and the Post-Impressionists at Grafton Galleries, organised by Roger Fry.

1911
Borough Polytechnic Murals.
Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry become lovers.

1912
Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition opens at Grafton Galleries. Organised by Roger Fry.

1913
Opening of Omega Workshops.

1914
Beginning of relationship between Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

1916
Vanessa Bell moves with her family to Charleston Farmhouse.

1917
Hogarth Press founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf.

1919
Omega Workshops closes.
Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition catalogue
© Tate Archive, 2003
Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition catalogue
Omega Private View Card
© Henrietta Garnett. All rights reserved
Omega Private View Card
Charleston Farmhouse
© Tate Archive, 2003
Charleston Farmhouse
 
1920s


1920
Roger Fry's Vision and Design published.
Duncan Grant's first solo Exhibition at the Carfax Gallery.

1922
Vanessa Bell's first solo exhibition at the Independent Gallery.

1926
London Artists Association founded. First exhibition held.
Roger Fry's palette
© Tate Archive, 2003
Roger Fry's palette
 
1930s


1934
Death of Roger Fry.

1935
Commission for RMS Queen Mary.

1937
Vanessa's son Julian Bell is killed in the Spanish Civil War.
Letter from Janie Bussy to Vanessa Bell
© Tate Archive, 2003
Letter from Janie Bussy to Vanessa Bell
 
1940s


1940
'Berwick Church' commission.

1941
Death of Virginia Woolf.

1942
David 'Bunny' Garnett marries Angelica Bell.
Vanessa Bell working on the Berwick Church murals
© Tate Archive, 2003
Vanessa Bell working on the Berwick Church murals