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