She attended King’s College London, like many of the women in the Bloomsbury group, and even hosted the Thursday evenings discussion group of the early Bloomsbury members. She was also the younger sister of Vanessa Bell, who painted her portrait in 1912. Virginia Woolf (née Stephens 1882-1941) was an English writer who is now considered one of the most important influences on twentieth-century modernism. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Vanessa Bell, 1912, via National Trust Bell’s great artistic talent is displayed in this work here and it provides a good idea of how close this group of English intellectuals really was.Ĭlive Bell (1881-1964) Clive Bell by Roger Fry, 1924, via Art UK This stunning depiction of the group’s dynamic also includes real-life portraits painted by Duncan Grant and herself. The Memoir Club (1943) is Bell’s work depicting many members of the Bloomsbury group including Duncan Grant, Leonard Woolf, herself, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, Sir Desmond MacCarthy, and E.M. The Memoir Club by Vanessa Bell, 1943, via Art UK She owned a house in the Sussex countryside called the Charleston farmhouse where many members of the group worked and lived a freewheeling artistic lifestyle. She also had relationships with fellow Bloomsbury members Roger Fry and Duncan Grant.
In 1907, she met her husband Clive Bell with whom she had an open marriage. In 1905, Vanessa began a social club called the Friday club which consisted of many artists, writers, and intellectuals who would later form the Bloomsbury group. Bell attended the Royal Academy in 1901 to study painting. She was the older sister of the famous novelist Virginia Woolf who was also a member of the group.
Vanessa Bell (née Stephen 1879-1961) was an English post-impressionist painter and a key player in the Bloomsbury group’s inception. Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) Vanessa Bell by Duncan Grant, 1942, via the Tate, London
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