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Duncan Grant

(1885-1978), Artist

Sitter 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.

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The Dreadnought Hoax, by Lafayette - NPG P1293

The Dreadnought Hoax

by Lafayette
matte bromide print, 7 February 1910
NPG P1293

The Memoir Club, by Vanessa Bell - NPG 6718

The Memoir Club

by Vanessa Bell
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718

Duncan Grant, by Thomas Fall - NPG x13103

Duncan Grant

by Thomas Fall
albumen cabinet card, circa 1895
NPG x13103

Duncan Grant, by Thomas Fall - NPG x13135

Duncan Grant

by Thomas Fall
albumen cabinet card, circa 1895
NPG x13135

Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell, by Vanessa Bell - NPG x26568

Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell

by Vanessa Bell
enlarged snapshot print on card folder, 1922
NPG x26568

Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell, by Vanessa Bell - NPG x21199

Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell

by Vanessa Bell
enlarged snapshot print, 1922
NPG x21199

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, possibly by Philip Edward Morrell - NPG Ax141303

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141303

Duncan Grant, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141304

Duncan Grant

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141304

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, possibly by Philip Edward Morrell - NPG Ax141306

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
NPG Ax141306

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