Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen, 1910 - 1996 (author, artist and art historian)
Dates and places
1910-1996 Bloomsbury; Charleston, Sussex; Leighton Park School
Sphere of activity
Writer, artist and art historian. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Art Education, Newcastle University (1952-62); Professor of Fine Art, Leeds University (1962-7); Professor of History and Theory of Fine Art, Sussex University (1967-75).
Relationships
Youngest son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, nephew of Virginia Woolf. Husband of Anne Olivier Bell (nee Popham)
Other information
Publications include 'On Human Finery' (1947), 'Bloomsbury' (1968), Virginia Woolf (1972) and 'The Brandon Papers' (1985). First chairman of the Charleston Trust.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
'Bloomsbury Group' members, 1910 - 1929
Modern reprints of photographs of members of the 'Bloomsbury Group', including Duncan Grant, Clive Bell, J. M. Keynes, G. Lytton Strachey, Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, and Angelica Garnett. Some of the photographs were taken by Vanessa Bell, and several appear in 'Vanessa Bell's Family Album' (J. V. Norman and Hobhouse Ltd: London, 1981). Dimensions: 21.5 x 16.3 cm. Sleeves 117-21.
Correspondence between Julian Bell and his brother, Quentin, 1926 - 1937
53 autograph letters, signed, 2 autograph postcards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed, from Julian Bell and 58 autograph letters, signed, 16 autograph postcards, signed, and 10 typed letters, signed, to Julian Bell. Quentin Bell's letters contain ink and watercolour sketches.
The former reference for correspondence from Julian Bell is JHB/2, while the former reference for correspondence to Julian Bell is JHB/3.
Correspondence between Quentin Bell and NGA, 1948-01-09 - 1995-10-07
Correspondence from Quentin and Anne Olivier Bell to Lydia Lopokova Keynes, 1952
2 autograph letters, signed, and 1 Christmas card.
Correspondence from Quentin Bell and his wife, 1950 - 1959
Change of address card and sketch map of new neighbourhood.
Letter from Quentin Bell, 1930-08
1 autograph letter, signed, from Quentin Bell to W.J.H Sprott with envelope.
Letter from Quentin Bell to JDH, 1944
1 autograph letter signed.
Letter from Quentin Bell to Julian Bell's bankers, 1937-07-27
1 typed letter to Julian Bell's bankers.
Letters from Quentin Bell to Clive, Julian and Vanessa Bell, 1916 - 1950
34 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed and 3 autograph postcards signed to Clive Bell. [1928-1950s].
5 autograph letters signed, 4 typed letters signed and 1 autograph postcard signed to Julian Bell. 1920-36.
391 autograph letters signed to Vanessa Bell with 181 envelopes. c.1916-49.
Letters from Quentin Bell to Frances Partridge, 1948-06-22 - 1991-05-12
3 autograph letters signed and 4 typed letters signed.
Letters from Quentin Bell to GHWR, 1972 - 1980
3 typed letters signed and 2 autograph postcards signed.
Letters from Quentin Bell to Sir Edward Wilder Playfair, 1931 - 1937
6 autograph letters signed, 6 envelopes and 1 postcard.
Letters to RNL from Quentin Bell, 1984-03-19 - 1985-02-25
1 autograph letter signed, 2 typed letters signed and 1 autograph postcard signed.
Material relating largely to Julian Bell's death, 1930 - 1937
This file contains a letter from Julian to Quentin in 1930 with TS transcription; a condolence letter from Eileen Bernal to Quentin in 1937; a newspaper cutting of a letter (undated and unattributed) regarding Julian, probably from 1937, quoting John Lehmann; an obituary for Julian written by F.L. Lucas in 1937 for 'The Cambridge Review'; and an invitation [to dine] from David Garnett.
Posthumous material, 1937 - 1940
Material in this series comprises assorted papers relating to Julian Bell's death, including letters to Clive, Quentin, and Vanessa Bell principally concerning the memorial volume, 'Julian Bell: Essays, Poems and Letters' (ed. Quentin Bell, London: Hogarth Press, 1938). The series also includes press reviews of the memorial volume and obituary notices.
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.
'Roger Fry: an inaugural lecture', Leeds University Press: Leeds, 1964, 1963-12-02
Includes reprints, newspaper cuttings, memoirs and catalogues. Mostly collected after REF's death.
Sketch book, 1919
Pencil drawings of Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, French peasants.
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'.