Lot 152

Private collection, Melbourne

The Winter Exhibition, Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow, December, 2001 (another example)

Bradshaw, T., Bloomsbury Artists: Prints and Book Design, Scholar Press, Hampshire, 1999 (another example)
Artmonsky, R., Art for Everyone: Contemporary Lithographs Ltd., Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 2010, pp. 70-71 (illus., another example)

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; and Yale Center for British Art, America.

Vanessa Bell was a pivotal figure within the Bloomsbury Group and one of the leading voices of early twentieth-century British modernism. Trained at the Royal Academy Schools, she was among the first English painters to embrace Post-Impressionist principles, adapting the lessons of Cézanne and Matisse to her own distinctive vision. Her practice spanned painting, design, interiors and book illustration, reflecting her belief that art should permeate all aspects of life. Bell was a founding member of the Omega Workshops, where she worked collaboratively with Duncan Grant and Roger Fry to dissolve the boundaries between fine and applied arts.

Bell's works often centred on domestic life, gardens, and the close circle of friends and family that made up the Bloomsbury Group. She was also deeply involved in the intellectual currents of her time, balancing artistic innovation with an interest in everyday experience.

Hannah Ryan
Senior Art Specialist

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