The Bloomsbury Group (Character Sketches) [Hardcover]

Frances Spalding (Author)

Book Description

Series: Character Sketches | Publication Date: July 1997

Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at the Bloomsbury Group. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by substantial and relevant quotations from the works of the people featured, as well as contemporary descriptions and anecdotes from unpublished as well as published source. The books should be of interest to general readers and students alike. Frances Spalding is the author of "Roger Fry: Art and Life", "Vanessa Bell", "Dance Till the Stars Come Down: A Biography of John Minton" and "Duncan Grant".

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About the Author

Frances Spalding is a leading authority on Bloomsbury. She has written biographies of Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, for ten years edited the Charleston Magazine and has lectured widely on aspects of Bloomsbury. Her most recent book was Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affections (2001). She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art and is currently Reader in Twentieth-century British Art at the University of Newcastle. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855142023
• ISBN-13: 978-1855142022
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,255,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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