Charleston

A Bloomsbury House & Garden

Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson

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English

Frances Lincoln
29 August 2018

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Biography: literary; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

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.

By: Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New Edition
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 200mm,
ISBN: 9780711239319
ISBN 10: 0711239312
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 29 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 for Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden

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 A glorious reminder of Charleston's enduring influence.The Times