Episode 266 - Art and Ideals: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group

Published: May 9, 2024, 5 a.m.

This week, we\u2019re discussing the lives, loves, work and legacies of two unconventional artists from the early 20th century. Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were part of the Bloomsbury group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in London \u2013 a group it was once said \u2018lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles\u2019. They rejected the past, embraced their present and expressed themselves in new ways on canvas, cementing their place in art history.\n\nJoining us to talk us through their stories and the London blue plaque that commemorates their achievements are\xa0English Heritage blue plaques historian Dr Rebecca Preston, art critic, author and current blue plaque panel member Andrew Graham-Dixon, and writer and historian Rosemary Hill.\n\nTo learn more about the London blue plaques scheme, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices