Vanessa Bell

Modern Living

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A charming gift book devoted to the art and design of Vanessa Bell, a central figure in the internationally popular Bloomsbury group.

The painter Vanessa Bell initiated a step change in modern British art, bringing the bright palette and bold stylization of the Parisian avant-garde to London. She was a central figure in the Bloomsbury group, alongside members of her family and close circle including Virginia Woolf, Clive Bell, and Duncan Grant.

Vanessa Bell: Modern Living explores Bell's radical approach to art and life through her paintings, prints, and designs for interiors, textiles, book jackets, and more, bringing her work out of the shadow of her male contemporaries while celebrating her collaborative approach. Illustrated by more than one hundred striking images drawn…

$28.95

May 13, 2025

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Rosalind McKever is curator of paintings and drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She has curated exhibitions at the V&A and the Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo, and has held fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery, London.