Vanessa Bell
1879–1961
© Estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy Henrietta Garnett
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In Tate Britain
In Tate Britain
Walk Through British Art: 1910
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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 Abstract Painting
c.1914 -
Vanessa Bell Nude
c.1922–3 -
Vanessa Bell Interior with a Table
1921 -
Vanessa Bell Mrs St John Hutchinson
1915 -
Vanessa Bell Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece
1914 -
Vanessa Bell The Tub
1917 -
Vanessa Bell Chrysanthemums
1920
Artist as subject
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Duncan Grant Vanessa Bell
1942 -
Dame Ethel Walker Vanessa
1937 -
William Roberts No! No! Cézanne never used it
c.1934 -
Ann Travis Bloomsbury Pie
1974 -
John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash Illustrated letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his work for the Friday Club, his work ‘The Viaduct’ c. 1916, and his works being sent to the U.S.A.
[29 January 1917] -
John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Roger Fry, the Friday Club, and Paul Nash
[3 April 1917] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from B. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [Charleston]
[24 September 1918] -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
1 February 1930 -
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Postcard from D.G. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
[9 April 1919]
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 ...
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Art Term
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is the name commonly used to identify a circle of intellectuals and artists who lived in Bloomsbury, near central ...
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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 Bell ...
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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.
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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.1918] -
Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letters from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[11 May 1954] -
Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
[c.May 1940]
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