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Charleston

Charleston

by Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson, Alen Macweeney

1987ArtistsAuthors, EnglishBiographyBloomsbury groupCharleston Farmhouse (West Firle, England)
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'I wish you'd leave Wissett, and take Charleston,' Virginia Woolf wrote to Vanessa Bell in May 1916.

'I wish you'd leave Wissett, and take Charleston,' Virginia Woolf wrote to Vanessa Bell in May 1916.

About this book

A study of the farmhouse decorated by painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant starting in 1916 in the Bloomsbury style.

Themes & subjects

ArtistsAuthors, EnglishBiographyBloomsbury groupCharleston Farmhouse (West Firle, England)English Authors
First published 1987

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Setting

EnglandGreat BritainWest FirleWest Firle (England)20th century

About the author

Quentin Bell
Quentin Bell

19 August 1910 – 1996

The son of **Clive Bell** and **Vanessa Stephen**, Quentin Bell was Professor of History and Art Theory at Sussex University. He was a painter, sculptor, potter, author and art critic.

Authors

Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson, Alen Macweeney

First published

1987

Pages

160

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

7

Language

English

Publisher

Frances Lincoln

ISBN

9780711211339

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