Quentin Bell
(1910-1996), Artist and writer; son of Clive and Vanessa BellQuentin Claudian Stephen Bell
Sitter in 6 portraits
As the son of Clive Bell and Vanessa Bell and the nephew of Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell was born into the heart of the Bloomsbury Group. He worked as a lecturer in art history and fine art in several universities including Leeds, Oxford and Sussex. After the success of his authoritative two-volume biography of his aunt, Virginia Woolf (published in 1972) Bell turned his attention to chronicling the history of the Bloomsbury Group and was instrumental in establishing the Charleston Trust. He wrote a number of books on the group and on Charleston Farmhouse. Bell retired from academia in 1975, and subsequently worked for many years as a potter.
by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1932
NPG P363(2)
Quentin Bell; Lady Ottoline Morrell; Alberto Moravia (né Pincherle); Umberto Di Lauriano Morra
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, April 1931
NPG Ax143279
Related People
- (Arthur) Clive Heward Bell (father)
- Julian Bell (brother)
- Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (mother)
- Adrian Stephen (uncle)
- Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth) (grandmother)
- Sir Leslie Stephen (grandfather)
- Thoby Stephen (uncle)
- Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (aunt)
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Elizabeth Baker
08 February 2017, 04:59
Quentin Bell was Head of the Art School at Kings College Newcastle on Tyne (part of Durham University at the time- 1950s). They ran art exams for local schools and offered scholarships for teenagers to attend the classes at Kings College on Saturdays. I attended for a few years in the early 1950s.