Vanessa Bell
1879–1961
© Estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy Henrietta Garnett
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In Tate Britain
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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.
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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Vanessa Bell Studland Beach. Verso: Group of Male Nudes by Duncan Grant
c.1912 -
Vanessa Bell Mrs St John Hutchinson
1915 -
Vanessa Bell Abstract Painting
c.1914 -
Vanessa Bell Nude
c.1922–3 -
Vanessa Bell Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting
1912 -
Vanessa Bell Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece
1914 -
Vanessa Bell Interior with a Table
1921 -
Vanessa Bell Chrysanthemums
1920
Artist as subject
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Duncan Grant Vanessa Bell
1942 -
Dame Ethel Walker Vanessa
1937 -
Ann Travis Bloomsbury Pie
1974 -
William Roberts No! No! Cézanne never used it
c.1934 -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]
[c.3 December 1930] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]
[c.1927] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
[23 December 1937] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]
[c.10 July 1917] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
[c.10 December 1930]
Film and audio
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Walks of art: Bonnie Greer on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group
The writer and critic explores the friendships, work and designs behind this radical set of artists
Features
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Tate Etc
Opinion: 'Middlebrow' art
‘Highbrow’ and ‘lowbrow’ art – the cultural hierarchies have been with us for over 100 years, but it is time … -
Art Term
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is the name commonly used to identify a circle of intellectuals and artists who lived in Bloomsbury, near central … -
In Focus
Abstract Painting c.1914 by Vanessa Bell
This In Focus presents the first sustained analysis of this enigmatic painting – now regarded as a key work in … -
Tate Etc
Vanessa Bell, Abstract Painting c.1914: A poem by Jack Underwood
A poem by Jack Underwood in response to Vanessa Bell's 'Abstract Painting', c.1914 -
Tate Etc
Family pleasures: Behind the curtain
Henrietta Garnett, a regular visitor to the Tate archive, recognises two painted calendars done by her grandmother Vanessa Bell. -
Tate Etc
My dearest Clive...: Behind the curtain
Inspired by her mother’s love letters to her father, Tishani Doshi reads the moving correspondence in the Tate archive between …
Sketches, letters, etc.
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Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[c.May 1940] -
Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[13 February 1919] -
Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[c.25 December 1925] -
Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[c.1916]
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