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Bell, Arthur Clive Heward, 1881-1964 (art critic)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1881 - 1964

Dates and places

1881-1964 Marlborough School; Trinity College, Cambridge (1899-1902); Bloomsbury; Charleston, Sussex

Sphere of activity

Art critic

Relationships

Younger son of William Bell, wife of Vanessa Bell (nee Stephen), father of Quentin and Julian Bell. Good friend of Roger Fry.

Other information

Publications include: 'Since Cezanne' (1923), 'Landmarks in Ninettenth Century Painting (1927), 'An Account of French Painting' (1931), 'Victor Pasmore' (1945).

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

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 File

Prophecies 1943, 1943-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/5/2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1943-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
 Item

Speculations on behalf of Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and the Bells, 1914 - 1920

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/SE/12
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1914 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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'The Connaught Square Catechism or Confessions to Mrs Robert Witt', 1916

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/7/6
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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