VANESSA BELL (1879-1961)
Still Life, Asolo, Italy, 1955
oil on canvas
45.7 x 38.1 cm
Widely acclaimed as a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, the modernist painter, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) was a pivotal player in 20th century British art, inventing a new language of visual expression.
In 1955, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant drove through France and onwards to Asolo, a mountainous village in norther Italy, where the present work was painted. Bell found the historic town a breath of fresh air. In a letter to her daughter, Angelica Garnett she commented ‘Of course the light is so amazing, everything is colour and definite and exciting.’
Provenance
With Adams Gallery, London
Private Collection U.K
Exhibited
Bristol, Arnolfini Arts, Dream and Refuge, November 2023 - January 2024.