Quentin Bell pottery sculpture
Quentin Bell pottery sculpture
Quentin Bell (1910-1996): glazed pottery figural group of two ladies, one seated and one standing. Signed within the glaze
Purchased from the private collection of a renowned collector.
Quentin Bell (1910-1996) was a British art historian, writer, and biographer, best known for his biography of his aunt, Virginia Woolf: A Biography (1972), which remains a definitive account of her life. The son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, he grew up within the Bloomsbury Group, deeply influenced by its intellectual and artistic atmosphere.
Bell was also a painter, potter, and professor, teaching at several universities, including Oxford and Sussex. His works explored art, literature, and social history, reflecting his deep engagement with modernism. His writings remain influential in studies of Woolf and Bloomsbury culture.
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: glazed pottery figural group of two ladies, one seated and one standing. Signed within the glazePurchased from the private collection of a renowned collector.Quentin Bell (1910-1996) was a British art historian, writer, and biographer, best known for his biography of his aunt, Virginia Woolf: A Biography (1972), which remains a definitive account of her life. The son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, he grew up within the Bloomsbury Group, deeply influenced by its intellectual and artistic atmosphere. Bell was also a painter, potter, and professor, teaching at several universities, including Oxford and Sussex. His works explored art, literature, and social history, reflecting his deep engagement with modernism. His writings remain influential in studies of Woolf and Bloomsbury culture.){kind=link}