Quentin Bell

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Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (born August 19, 1910 in London , † December 16, 1996 in Firle, Sussex ) was a British art historian , art critic , painter, ceramist and writer .

Life

Gravestone in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church

Bell was the son of Clive Bell and Vanessa Bell , nee Stephen, and the nephew of Virginia Woolf . Bell's biography of his famous aunt, Virginia Woolf: A Biography , two volumes (London: Hogarth Press , 1972) won not only the James Tait Black Memorial Prize , but also the Duff Cooper Prize and the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award ". He wrote various books on the Bloomsbury Group and Charleston Farmhouse . He taught art history at King's College, University of Durham (Newcastle University from 1963) from 1952 to 1959. Then he was a professor at Leeds University. In 1964 he taught at Oxford University and in 1965 at Hull University. He was Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Sussex from 1967 to 1975.

Bell was married to (Anne) Olivier Bell, nee Popham. They had three children: Julian Bell, a painter and art critic, Cressida Bell, a well-known textile designer, and Virginia Bell, the author of Among the Bohemians and Singled Out . His older brother was the poet Julian Bell . The writer Angelica Garnett was his half-sister. After the death of Leonard Woolf (1880–1969), Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett inherited Virginia Woolf's literary legacy.

Quentin Bell is buried in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church, West Firle, East Sussex .

literature

  • Quentin Bell: Virginia Woolf. A biography . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt a. M. 1982, ISBN 3-518-37253-X .
  • Quentin Bell: Memories of Bloomsbury . S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1997, ISBN 3-10-005209-9 .
  • Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson, Alen MacWeeney (Photos): Charleston: An English country house in the Bloomsbury Circle . Christian, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-884-72353-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Bell, Quentin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British art historian, art critic, painter, ceramist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1996
Place of death Firle, Sussex