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From Omega to Charleston - The Art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant 1910- 1934 (Hardcover)
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From Omega to Charleston - The Art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant 1910- 1934 (Hardcover)
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First published to accompany the exhibition From Omega to
Charleston: The Art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, 1910-1934,
this fully illustrated publication explores the life and works of
two of the most innovative and influential British artists of the
twentieth century. With a substantial essay and catalogue entries
by Richard Shone (author of Bloomsbury Portraits, 1993 and curator
of The Art of Bloomsbury, Tate, 1999), the catalogue explores the
unique creative relationship shared by Bell (1879-1961) and Grant
(1885-1978). It traces their move from the early years flush with
post-impressionist experimentation to their later work at
Charleston, their shared Sussex home. Whether working in fine
painting or decorative schemes, together they emerge as
consistently radical practitioners at the very heart of their
cultural milieu. Drawing from private collections and a substantial
group of works from The Charleston Trust, the second half of the
publication focusses exclusively on one of Bell and Grant's most
spectacular joint commissions: The Famous Women Dinner Service.
Begun in 1932 at the request of the art historian and director of
the National Gallery Kenneth Clark and his wife Jane, its fifty
plates were decorated with images of famous women through the ages,
from Sappho to Greta Garbo. Considered lost for nearly forty years,
and first publically exhibited at this exhibition, this set of
plates forms an impressive testament to Bell and Grant's close
working partnership. A significant essay by Hana leaper (Charleston
scholar, Fellow of the Paul Mellon Centre, and Senior Lecturer,
Liverpool John Moores University) is succeeded by closer
scholarship dedicated to the individual plates and the women that
inspired them. The catalogue also has introductions from both
Frances Spalding (Biographer of Bell and Grant) and Darren Clarke
(Rausing Head of Collections, Research and Exhibitions at the
Charleston Trust).
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