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Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Quentin Bell
By (author) Virginia Nicholson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 220,Width 200
Category/GenreArt History
Art and design styles - Modernist design and Bauhaus
Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
ISBN/Barcode 9780711239319
ClassificationsDewey:700.922
Audience
General
Edition New Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher White Lion Publishing
Imprint White Lion Publishing
NZ Release Date 30 March 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style, created by the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, and his daughter Virginia Nicholson, tell the story of this unique house, linking it with some of the leading cultural figures who were invited there, including Vanessa's sister Virginia Woolf, the writer Lytton Strachey, the economist Maynard Keynes and the art critic Roger Fry. The house and garden are portrayed through Alen MacWeeney's atmostpheric photographs; pictures from Vanessa Bell's family album convey the flavour of the household in its heyday.

Author Biography

Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, grew up at Charleston, giving him an intimate knowledge of the house and its inhabitants. He was a painter, sculptor, potter and art critic, and held chairs in Fine Art and the History of Art at the universities of Leeds, Oxford and Sussex. He died in 1996. Virginia Nicholson is the elder daughter of Quentin and Olivier Bell. After studying at Cambridge University she worked as a television researcher. She lives in Sussex near Charleston and is a member of the Charleston Committee.

Reviews

A glorious reminder of Charleston's enduring influence.The Times Angelica Garnett, daughter of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, called Charleston 'an earthly paradise'. In this haunting book you can see why. World of Interiors