Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group

Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group
Title Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group PDF eBook
Author Douglas Blair Turnbaugh
Publisher
Pages 192
Release 1987
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Biografie van de Britse kunstschilder en ontwerper Duncan Grant (1885-1978), de homoseksuele minnaar van Vanessa Bell (zus van Virginia Woolf).

Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant
Title Duncan Grant PDF eBook
Author Frances Spalding
Publisher Random House
Pages 801
Release 2011-04-30
Genre Art
ISBN 1409029387

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The life of the painter and designer Duncan Grant spanned great changes in society and art, from Edwardian Britain to the 1970s, from Alma-Tadema to Gilbert and George. This authoritive biography combines an engrossing narrative with an invaluable assessment of Grant's individual achievement and his place within Bloomsbury and in the wider development of British art. 'Spalding's skill is to sketch out the intricate emotional web against the bright bold untouchable figure of the artist. . . Her achievement is to let that sense of a man living with his craft shine through on every page: the result is an exceptionally honest and warm portrait. ' Financial Times

Bloomsbury Portraits

Bloomsbury Portraits
Title Bloomsbury Portraits PDF eBook
Author Richard Shone
Publisher Phaidon
Pages 280
Release 1993
Genre Art
ISBN

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A profile of the work of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

Charleston

Charleston
Title Charleston PDF eBook
Author Philip Mould
Publisher
Pages 120
Release 2021-09
Genre Farmhouses
ISBN 9781913645182

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The Bloomsbury Group

The Bloomsbury Group
Title The Bloomsbury Group PDF eBook
Author
Publisher National Portrait Gallery
Pages 120
Release 2021-03
Genre Art
ISBN 9781855147232

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Bloomsbury Group transformed British culture with their innovative approach to art, design and society. In this book Frances Spalding presents over twenty fascinating biographies, all of which are illustrated with paintings and intimate photographs created by members of the group.

Charleston

Charleston
Title Charleston PDF eBook
Author Quentin Bell
Publisher White Lion Publishing
Pages 178
Release 2018-09-06
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0711239312

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Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style, created by the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, and his daughter Virghinia Nicholson, tell the story of this unique house, linking it with some of the leading cultural figures who were invited there, including Vanessa's sister Virginia Woolf, the writer Lytton Strachey, the economist Maynard Keynes and the art critic Roger Fry. The house and garden are portrayed through Alen MacWeeney's atmostpheric photographs; pictures from Vanessa Bell's family album convey the flavour of the household in its heyday.

The Art of Bloomsbury

The Art of Bloomsbury
Title The Art of Bloomsbury PDF eBook
Author Richard Shone
Publisher
Pages 293
Release 1999
Genre Art
ISBN 9780691049939

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The word Bloomsbury most often summons the novels of Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster or images of artists and intellectuals debating the hot parlor topics of 1910s and 1920s London: literary aesthetics, agnosticism, defining truth and goodness, and the ideas of Bertrand Russell, A. N. Whitehead, and G. E. Moore. But the Bloomsbury Group also played a prominent role in the development of modernist painting in Britain. The work of artists Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, and their colleagues was often audacious and experimental, and proved to be one of the key influences on twentieth-century British art and design. This catalogue, published to accompany a major international exhibition of the Bloomsbury painters originating at the Tate Gallery in London and traveling to the Yale Center for British Art and the Huntington Art Gallery, provides a new look at the visual side of a movement that is more generally known for its literary production. It traces the artists' development over several decades and assesses their contribution to modernism. Catalogue entries on two hundred works, all illustrated in color, bring out the chief characteristics of Bloomsbury painting--domestic, contemplative, sensuous, and essentially pacific. These are seen in landscapes, portraits, and still lifes set in London, Sussex, and the South of France, as well as in the abstract painting and applied art that placed these artists at the forefront of the avant-garde before the First World War. Portraits of family and friends--from Virginia Woolf and Maynard Keynes to Aldous Huxley and Edith Sitwell--highlight the cultural and social setting of the group. Essays by leading scholars provide further insights into the works and the changing critical reaction to them, exploring friendships and relationships both within and outside of Bloomsbury, as well as the movement's wider social, economic, and political background. With beautiful illustrations and a highly accessible text, this catalogue represents a unique look at this fascinating artistic enclave. In addition to the editor, the contributors are James Beechey and Richard Morphet. Exhibition Schedule: ? The Tate Gallery, London November 4, 1999-January 30, 2000 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens San Marino, California The Yale Center for British Art New Haven, Connecticut May 20-September 2, 2000