Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden by Quentin Bell & Virginia Nicholson
The newly updated Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is the definitive guide to the Bloomsbury Group’s rural home in the Sussex Downs. When artist Vanessa Bell moved there in 1916, she called it “absolutely perfect.”
For fifty years, Vanessa and her partner Duncan Grant transformed the house and garden into a vibrant work of art, creating a retreat for the Bloomsbury Group. Vanessa’s son, Quentin Bell, and granddaughter Virginia Nicholson share the inside story of their family home, connecting it to cultural figures like Virginia Woolf, Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey, and Roger Fry.
The book takes readers through each room, from the Dining Room to the Studios, while Quentin recalls memories like hosting T.S. Eliot and staging plays. Virginia discusses the artistic techniques, such as stencilling, embroidery, and ceramics, that decorated the house. In this refreshed edition, Gavin Kingcombe’s photographs bring the colourful interiors and garden to life, and updated text highlights Charleston’s ongoing influence. For those passionate about literature, art, and the Bloomsbury Group, this book offers a fascinating look at a unique creative hub.
Dimensions: 216 x 199 x 13 (mm)
The newly updated Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is the definitive guide to the Bloomsbury Group’s rural home in the Sussex Downs. When artist Vanessa Bell moved there in 1916, she called it “absolutely perfect.”
For fifty years, Vanessa and her partner Duncan Grant transformed the house and garden into a vibrant work of art, creating a retreat for the Bloomsbury Group. Vanessa’s son, Quentin Bell, and granddaughter Virginia Nicholson share the inside story of their family home, connecting it to cultural figures like Virginia Woolf, Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey, and Roger Fry.
The book takes readers through each room, from the Dining Room to the Studios, while Quentin recalls memories like hosting T.S. Eliot and staging plays. Virginia discusses the artistic techniques, such as stencilling, embroidery, and ceramics, that decorated the house. In this refreshed edition, Gavin Kingcombe’s photographs bring the colourful interiors and garden to life, and updated text highlights Charleston’s ongoing influence. For those passionate about literature, art, and the Bloomsbury Group, this book offers a fascinating look at a unique creative hub.
Dimensions: 216 x 199 x 13 (mm)
The newly updated Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is the definitive guide to the Bloomsbury Group’s rural home in the Sussex Downs. When artist Vanessa Bell moved there in 1916, she called it “absolutely perfect.”
For fifty years, Vanessa and her partner Duncan Grant transformed the house and garden into a vibrant work of art, creating a retreat for the Bloomsbury Group. Vanessa’s son, Quentin Bell, and granddaughter Virginia Nicholson share the inside story of their family home, connecting it to cultural figures like Virginia Woolf, Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey, and Roger Fry.
The book takes readers through each room, from the Dining Room to the Studios, while Quentin recalls memories like hosting T.S. Eliot and staging plays. Virginia discusses the artistic techniques, such as stencilling, embroidery, and ceramics, that decorated the house. In this refreshed edition, Gavin Kingcombe’s photographs bring the colourful interiors and garden to life, and updated text highlights Charleston’s ongoing influence. For those passionate about literature, art, and the Bloomsbury Group, this book offers a fascinating look at a unique creative hub.
Dimensions: 216 x 199 x 13 (mm)