I'm in the process of working on an essay on Vanessa Bell. I need to have images of her paintings at hand, and rather than keeping them to myself, I thought I would share them. No commentary, just the paintings so, enjoy!
Cornish Cottage, 1900
Lady Robert Cecil, 1905
Julian as a Baby, 1908
Saxon Sydney Turner at the Piano, 1908
Iceland Poppies, 1908-09
The Hotel Garden, Florence, 1909
46 Gordon Square, 1909-10
Figure on the Beach, Strudland Bay, 1910-11
Strudland Beach (The Bathers), 1911-12
The Beach, Strudland, 1911
Strudland Beach, 1912
Conversation Piece, 1912
Virginia Woolf, 1912
Troubled: Portrait of Virginia Woolf
Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting, 1912
Haystacks in Italy, 1912
A Room at the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, Matisse Room, 1912
Roger Fry, 1912
Two Figures (detail) 1913
Dancing Couple, 1913
Design for Adam and Eve Screen, 1913-14
Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece, 1914
Composition, 1914
Abstract Painting, 1914
Composition, 1914
Triple Alliance, 1914
Self-Portrait, 1915
Mrs S. John Hutchinson, 1915
Window Still Life, 1915
A Conversation, 1913-16 (oil on canvas)
Landscape, 1916
The Pond at Charleston, 1916
Nude with Poppies, 1916
Study for the Tub, 1916
The Tub, 1917
The Open Door, 1926
Figure Group with the Artist, Another Woman and Two Children by French Windows
Baie De La Reine, 1927
A Girl Reading, 1932
A Sussex Barn, 1945-50
Charleston, East Sussex, 1950-55
Dorothy Bussy at La Souco, 1954
Self-Portrait, 1958
Angelica Garnett and her Four Daughters, 1959
Work for the Omega workshops:
Rug, or Table-top design, 1913-14
White VI, 1913
Design for Lady Ian Hamilton's Rug, 1913-14
Maud Fabric, 1913
Bathers in a Landscape (Omega Screen)
Graphics:
Dust jacket for The Years
Dust jacket for Monday or Tuesday
for The Waves
for Three Guineas
for A Haunted House
for To the Lighthouse
Thank you for sharing these. It's a while since I have thought about Vanessa Bell. I do like her Studland Bay paintings, and especially admire her textile designs. I hope that you are enjoying writing your essay.
ReplyDeleteOlga, I remember very clearly the first time I saw Strudland Beach - the last one, the last radically simplified version - it made such an impact one me! And it still does. I think it's a wonderful painting, and one that affects me deeply. I also like a lot the abstracts she painted in 1914. So, I thought that this was an opportunity to learn more about her. I am still at the stage of reading and thinking - I am not going to start writing for a while yet, but we are away a lot this term, so I had to start my thinking early. I am enjoying it enormously.
DeleteYes, I agree that the Studland Beach painting is impactful. It seems mystical, as if the figures are worshipping - as indeed so many of us worship the sea. I am fond of the place itself - or at least I used to be years ago. My husband and I sometimes used to go there for a picnic on Christmas day, when there was no-one else around. Nowadays it always seems to be crowded, even on the coldest of days.
ReplyDeleteI have never been. So many places to visit....
DeletePicnic on Christmas day sounds absolutely delightful!