Duncan Grant
(1885-1978), ArtistSitter associated with 31 portraits
Artist of 9 portraits
Painter and decorative artist. Born in Rothiemurchus, Scotland, Grant studied at Westminster School of Art and in Paris with Jacques-Emile Blanche. In 1909 he shared rooms in Fitzroy Square with Maynard Keynes, and struck up a close friendship with his neighbours Virginia Stephen (later Woolf) and her brother Adrian. These connections provided Grant's entry to the Bloomsbury circle. Profoundly influenced by Roger Fry's two Post-Impressionist exhibitions in 1910 and 1912-13, he gravitated away from realistic depiction, experimenting increasingly with a non-literal use of colour. Grant was a co-director of Fry's Omega Workshop and was celebrated for his designs for decorative schemes and textiles.
Explore the portrait of Duncan Grant by Stephen Tomlin (NPG 6889) from all angles
by Duncan Grant
oil on canvas, circa 1909
NPG 5131
by Duncan Grant
oil on panel, 1912
NPG 5802
by Duncan Grant
pencil, 1919
NPG 5494
by Duncan Grant
oil on canvas, feigned oval, early 1940s
NPG 6004
Related People
- Angelica Vanessa Garnett (née Bell) (daughter)
- Ethel Isabel Grant (née McNeil) (mother)
- Sir John Peter Grant (grandfather)
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