Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (1879-1961), Painter; sister of Virginia Woolf
Sitter in 16 portraits
Artist associated with 14 portraits
The eldest daughter of the literary historian and critic, Leslie Stephen, and his wife, Julia. In 1904, following the death of her widowed father, she moved to London with her sister Virginia (later Woolf) and brothers, Thoby and Adrian. Their Thursday evening 'At Homes' marked the beginning of the Bloomsbury Group. In 1907 she married Clive Bell. In 1909 she exhibited with the New English Art Club. Her association with Roger Fry led her to embrace a more modern style of painting. She formed a lasting relationship with Duncan Grant, the two acting as co-Directors of the Omega Workshop between 1913 and 1919.
by Duncan Grant
oil on canvas, circa 1918
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4331
by Marcel Gimond
lead cast of bust, circa 1922-1926
NPG 4349
by Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718
Julian Heward Bell; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1910
NPG x136462
by Rachel Pearsall Conn ('Ray') Strachey (née Costelloe)
film negative, August 1914
NPG x88543
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1915
NPG Ax140432
Jean de Menasce; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen); Duncan Grant; Eric Siepmann
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141298
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141303
Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141306
Jean Marchand; 'Henri'; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141307
Jean Marchand; 'Henri'; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141308
Simon Bussy; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen); Duncan Grant with Lady Ottoline Morrell's pug Soie
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141317
Simon Bussy; Vanessa Bell (née Stephen); Duncan Grant
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141318
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by Helen Morris (née Souter)
vintage postcard print, June 1931
NPG x136466
by Rachel Pearsall Conn ('Ray') Strachey (née Costelloe)
oil on board, 1920s?
NPG D204
Woolf
Related People
(Arthur) Clive Heward Bell (husband)
Julian Heward Bell (son)
Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (son)
(Karin) Judith Henderson (née Stephen) (niece)
Adrian Stephen (brother)
Sir James Stephen (grandfather)
Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Mrs Duckworth) (mother)
Sir Leslie Stephen (father)
Thoby Stephen (brother)
Ann Davies Synge (née Stephen) (niece)
Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (sister)
Links
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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