Bell, Vanessa, 1879 - 1961 (painter)
Dates and places
1879-1961 Bloomsbury; Charleston, Sussex
Sphere of activity
Artist
Relationships
Elder daughter of Leslie and Julia Stephen and sister of Virginia Woolf. Wife of Clive Bell and mother of two sons, Quentin and Julian. Friends with Roger Fry and Duncan Grant.
Other information
Co-director of the Omega workshops with Duncan Grant. Associated with the London Group of Artists and with Keynes' London Artists' Association.
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on Vanessa Bell and Bloomsbury by Duncan Grant, 1960 - 1969
Autograph manuscript notes by Duncan Grant of his feelings on the death of Vanessa Bell, 3 June 1961, with further autograph manuscript notes by Duncan Grant on 'Bloomsbury'. [?1960s]
Playreading Society Minute Book, 1907 - 1915
Prophecies 1943, 1943-12
Predictions about the progress of the war during 1944, written at Christmas 1943 at the instigation of Quentin Bell. Prophecies were contributed by Quentin Bell, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, Max Werner (press cutting ‘Six Point Chart for Victory Year’ from Reynolds News, c. Dec. 1943), Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, Angelica Bell and Leonard Woolf. The file also contains 1 typed letter signed from Leonard Woolf to Vanessa Bell enclosing his prophecy, and 3 envelopes.
Sketch book, 1919
Pencil drawings of Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, French peasants.
Speculations on behalf of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and the Bells, 1914 - 1920
Ledger of stock exchange speculations made by J.M. Keynes with a loan from R.E. Fry, with details of transactions made on behalf of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and a letter from Clive Bell asking for financial advice, June 1918; with related correspondence, 1914-20.
'The Connaught Square Catechism or Confessions to Mrs Robert Witt', 1916
Compiled by 'RR', 1915. It contains printed questionnaires on the best and worst painters etc. completed, to a greater or lesser degree, by Dolores Courtney, Vanessa Bell, E. de Bergen [otherwise Roald Kristian], Clive Bell, Tancred Borenius, Mary Hutchinson, Nina Hamnett, Simon Bussy, Philippa Strachey, Elspeth Champcommunal, Angela Lavelli and 1 unidentified other.
'Two sisters: Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell', 1980-11-30
Written for the Charleston Appeal.
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant sitting in a garden, 1922 - 1930
Snapshot of Vanessa Bell in the foreground, sitting in a deckchair looking at a newspaper she holds in her hands. Duncan Grant sits in the background, looking towards the camera.
Vanessa Bell standing with Duncan Grant, 1928
Snapshot of Vanessa Bell (partially cut off from the left edge of the photograph), standing with her hands held together in front of her, wearing a headscarf, smiling and looking down to the right. Duncan Grant stands beside her, with his hands in front of his chest, paint on his dark trousers and jacket, with his head turned towards the camera but his eyes are shut. The location given in the album is Cassis, France.
Watercolour section of interior of room on P Staircase, 1956-08
Watercolour section of interior of room on P Staircase decorated for John Maynard Keynes by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Measured and drawn by Crispin Worthington. Recorded on redecoration.
Woodcut for 'The Mark on the Wall' by Virginia Woolf, 1920 - 1972
The book was first published as 'The Chelsea Book Club Broadside No. 1', c. 1920-22. Reproduced on the premises of Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 25 Sept. 1972.
World War II forecasts, 1940-04 - 1940-05
Autograph manuscript forecasts of the progress of World War II, written by Quentin Bell, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Elizabeth Watson, entitled 'War time prognostication, not to be opened until Christmas 1940'.