Drawing of a wall in Berwick church in West Sussex, this was painted by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell who decorated the inside of the church, some parts were done at a later date by her son.
Vanessa bell was Virginia Woolfs sister.
They were the people at the center of the Bloomsbury group of artists.They lived at a farmhouse just down the road called Charleston [for65 years in all].The inside of the house is decorated top to bottom by them as well, a place well worth a visit its fantastic and so are the gardens.
Reading a book about this group at the moment very bohemian and alternative in their art and relationships!!Their connections read like a who’s who of the early 20th century art and literary world, a great friend of theirs who also spent a lot of time at Charleston was Maynard Keynes.
My family has a very distant tie with this group as my wife is related to the artist Harold Gilman who was a friend of Walter Sickert of the Camden group who influenced the Bloomsbury group.
This is a painting study reproducing the lovely work from a...
trebor61 1:33 pm on June 23, 2009 | #
Isn’t is great how a bit of research can transform you into the past. This is so interesting and I’m glad you posted this Nick!
Nick Powell 1:51 pm on June 23, 2009 | #
scanner was playing up when I posted this hence the slight kink in the drawing it seemed to jam.Technology !!
Nick Powell 1:55 pm on June 23, 2009 | #
By the way the words mean “lord guide us” Which is also the motto for London I believe.
Sophie Brown 4:21 pm on June 23, 2009 | #
I wonder what most people in England think of Walter Sickert following Patricia Cornwell’s book. I think she’s very likely correct but it’s like if you told me that Babe Ruth was the Boston Strangler, I’d maybe want to give you a knuckle sandwich. In any event she didn’t cut up that painting, it was already damaged and she’s had it restored.
Nick Powell 1:48 am on June 24, 2009 | #
Who knows? Many conspiracy theories can be made to fit on very flimsy grounds.Did the Americans ever really land on the moon for an example?!! Most people in England who are interested think its probably a load of rubbish.Notice the word probably!
Bobomonkey 2:31 am on June 24, 2009 | #
Should we tell Nick about the Lunar City with the space ark? Yes Nick, “we” never went to the moon. You will find that a trillion dollars goes pretty far when you want to fake a moon landing.
Nick Powell 1:11 pm on June 24, 2009 | #
I did not mean the moon landing was a load of rubbish!!If thats what you thought Bobo sorry if you were insulted, I was referring to to issue of Sickert being Jack the Ripper!
I must say that I have not read the Cornwell book yet but was only thinking today I might get a copy and give it a go,following Sophies posting posing the question.Whats it called?
I watched the moon landing as a 10 year old at school it looked pretty real to me!!
Bobomonkey 1:23 am on June 25, 2009 | #
Ok, I lied about the Lunar City.