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Vanessa Bell

By Wendy Hitchmough

Vanessa Bell

By Wendy Hitchmough

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One of Britain’s most radical and influential artists working in the first decades of the twentieth century, Vanessa Bell was a pioneer for professional women   Vanessa Bell was a leading figure within the Bloomsbury Group and known for her unconventional lifestyle, but her work as a painter, designer, and decorator has often been overlooked and relegated within the bombastic, male-dominated field of British modernism.   With new research, including previously unpublished letters, Wendy Hitchmough explores the ways in which Bell (1879–1961) forged new pathways as a modernist woman. Writing openly about depression and mental health at a time when the subject was stigmatised, as well as challenging taboos surrounding women’s bodies, Bell exploited the patriarchal society that oppressed her. She responded to the nudes and pastoral scenes of Cézanne, Gauguin, Picasso, and Matisse with themes of miscarriage and motherhood. She exhibited with her partner, Duncan Grant, and comparisons between their parallel careers highlight the gender disparities that shaped her life and work.   Vanessa Bell: The Life and Art of a Bloomsbury Radical celebrates the artist’s trailblazing approach to art as well as life, her rejection of conventions, and the challenge she posed to the structures of early twentieth-century society.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-03-11
Publication Date:
2025-03-11
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0300269218
ISBN13:
9780300269215
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1018 g
Height:
164 cm
Width:
238 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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