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Sketches in Pen and Ink (import)
Vanessa Bell
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Description for Sketches in Pen and Ink (import)
Paperback. Vanessa Bell, artist, sister of Virginia Woolf, wife of Clive Bell and lover of Duncan Grant, is one of the most fascinating and modern figures of the Bloomsbury set. This work presents a collection of memoirs about herself, her childhood, her remarkable family and friends, her moving relationship with Roger Fry, and her art. Illustrator(s): Bell, Vanessa. Editor(s): Giachero, Lia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 162.
Vanessa Bell, artist, sister of Virginia Woolf, wife of Clive Bell and lover of Duncan Grant, is one of the most fascinating and modern figures of the Bloomsbury set, but unlike most of them she rarely put pen to writing paper. When she did, she was witty and illuminating about their early lives. The eldest of the Stephen family, she grew up with Virginia in Victorian gloom at Hyde Park Gate and later blossomed in bohemian style in Bloomsbury. From the twenties to the forties she lived and painted at Charleston Farmhouse like a heroine of the sixties and seventies, ... Read more
Vanessa Bell, artist, sister of Virginia Woolf, wife of Clive Bell and lover of Duncan Grant, is one of the most fascinating and modern figures of the Bloomsbury set, but unlike most of them she rarely put pen to writing paper. When she did, she was witty and illuminating about their early lives. The eldest of the Stephen family, she grew up with Virginia in Victorian gloom at Hyde Park Gate and later blossomed in bohemian style in Bloomsbury. From the twenties to the forties she lived and painted at Charleston Farmhouse like a heroine of the sixties and seventies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712666039
SKU
V9780712666039
Shipping Time
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About Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was born on the 30 May 1879. The sister of Virginia Woolf she was educated at home by her parents in languages, mathematics and history, and took drawing lessons from Ebenezer Cook before she attended Sir Arthur Cope's art school in 1896, and then studied painting at the Royal Academy in 1901. She married Clive Bell in ... Read more
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