Vanessa Bell

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Early life, Bloomsbury Group, marriage and relationships

She was born Vanessa Stephen, a daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen and the elder sister of Virginia, who later became better known as the novelist, Virginia Woolf. After the deaths of their parents, the sisters lived in the Bloomsbury district of London, where they came into contact with those who would become their set. Vanessa studied art under Sir Arthur Cope and, after his death, at the Royal Academy Schools. Sir Leslie Stephen (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author and critic, the father of two famous daughters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was a British author who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... The Bloomsbury, a corner pub Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the London Borough of Camden. ... This article is about the British city. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ...

In 1907 she married within the Bloomsbury Group with Clive Bell. They had two sons, Julian and Quentin, early in their marriage. By the First World War both Vanessa and Clive had numerous other sexual partners, most with the full knowledge of one another, but they never divorced. Vanessa later embarked on an affair with the bisexual painter Duncan Grant, with whom she had a daughter, Angelica. Angelica later married one of Grant's former homosexual lovers, David Garnett. Grant, Vanessa and her husband Clive Bell all lived with one another in the same house for a number of years, all of them sexually intermingled. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set or just Bloomsbury, as its adherents would generally refer to it, was an English group of artists and scholars that existed from around 1905 until around World War II. // History The group began as an informal social assembly of recent Cambridge University graduates (four... Arthur Clive Howard Bell (September 16, 1881 – September 18, 1964) was an English critic, associated with the Bloomsbury group. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody... Bisexual redirects here. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... Self Portrait, 1920, National Gallery of Scotland. ... Angelica Garnett (née Bell December 25, 1918) is a British author and artist. ... See also David S. Garnett (science fiction writer) David Garnett (1892 – 1981) was a British writer and publisher, and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group. ...

Vanessa, Duncan and Duncan's lover David Garnett moved to the Sussex countryside shortly before the outbreak of the war, a few years later ending up in Charleston, while Duncan and David (as conscientious objectors) had to work on the land to escape being called under arms. Like Duncan Grant, Vanessa contributed to the Omega Workshops established by artist Roger Fry, with whom she also became involved in a sexual affair. After the First World War, she became a member of the London Group. See also David S. Garnett (science fiction writer) David Garnett (1892 – 1981) was a British writer and publisher, and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group. ... Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Artists from the Bloomsbury Group lived here. ... A conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, perhaps with any role in the armed forces or just with a particular war. ... Self Portrait, 1920, National Gallery of Scotland. ... The Omega Workshops were a design enterprise by members of the Bloomsbury group, set up as a company by the critic Roger Fry. ... Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 - 9 September 1934) was an English artist and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury group. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... London Group is an art society based in London, England founded in 1915 when the vorticists came together to encourage and support young avant-garde artists to exhibit their work. ...

Vanessa's eldest son Julian died in the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Julian Heward Bell (February 4, 1908 – July 18, 1937) was an English poet, and the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell. ... The Spanish Civil War (July 18, 1936–April 1, 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a personal dictatorship. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Throughout her life and despite her numerous extra-marital affairs with other men, her relationship with Clive Bell remained amicable, while she formed primarily an artistic tandem with Duncan Grant, painting in the same (or adjacent) studio(s), commenting on each other's works. Although it has often been suggested that she herself was bisexual, and that her sister (Virginia Woolf) had romantic affections for her, it remains open for conjecture and has never been confirmed. She was gay!!!!!!lesbo luver!

Bell was played by Miranda Richardson in the Academy Award winning 2002 film The Hours and by Janet McTeer in Carrington. Miranda Richardson as Queenie in Blackadder II (1986) Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958, in Southport, Merseyside) is an English actress, noted for her distinctive ability to deeply delve into the minds of the characters she plays. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Movie poster for The Hours The Hours is a 2002 drama film about three women of different generations and times whose lives are interconnected by the novel Mrs. ... Janet McTeer (8 May 1961-) is a British actor. ...

References

• Sketches in Pen and Ink, Vanessa Bell
• A Passionate Apprentince: the early journals, Virginia Woolf
• A Moment's Liberty, Virginia Woolf
• A Very Close Conspiracy: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, Jane Dunn
• Vanessa Bell, Frances Spalding
• Duncan Grant, Frances Spalding
• Deceived with Kindness: a Bloomsbury Childhood, Angelica Garnett
• Elders and Betters, Quentin Bell
• Charleston, Quentin Bell and Virginia Nicholson
• Virginia Woolf, Hermione Lee

External links

• official site of the Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex
• a presentation by the Tate Gallery, including biographies, timeline, pictures etc.
• links to Vanessa Bell's works online
• Wiki-Genealogy