Artist and interior designer, born Vanessa Stephen at 22 Hyde Park Gate, London. Sister of Virginia Woolf. She married Clive Bell in 1907 and their home in Gordon Square became the focus of what was to become known as the 'Bloomsbury Group'. Died at Charleston, Firle, near Lewes, Sussex.
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Vanessa Bell
Vannessa Stephen, Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961, artist, born and lived here until ...
Painter. Born Yorkshire. Moved to London in 1835. Died Carton Hill. Wikipedia gives his birth day as "19" but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and My Yorkshire both give "9".
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
It was originally founded in 1760 and acquired its present name in 1907. Notable alumni include the architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Basil Spence and the playwright John Arden. (D.A. Edin stands fo...
A design enterprise founded by Roger Fry and members of the Bloomsbury Group. The workshops, which included studios and showrooms were at 33 Fitzroy Square. The aim was to remove the perceived div...
Street artist, best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market ("The Shuk") in Jerusalem, turning them into an after...
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