Could this portrait of Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, be painted on an old door from Charleston?

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Could this portrait of Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, be painted on an old door from Charleston?

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This monumental portrait of Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, is one of the highlights of Philip Mould & Company's booth at Frieze Masters (F07).
Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell are the two artists heralded as the pioneers of the Bloomsbury group. This is one of Grant’s most artistically progressive early portraits, painted around the time of the conception of his and Bell’s first and only child, Angelica. Executed during Grant’s most experimental decade, it is powerfully redolent of the French school influences of Cezanne and Picasso.
Duncan Grant
Vanessa Bell (The Red Hat), c. 1917-18
Oil on panel (possibly an old door from Charleston)
Find out more about this work: philipmould.co...
Filmed by Mike Hopkins (@mikehopkinsfilm)

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@williamevans9426 10 ай бұрын

While enjoying the new series of the BBC's, 'Fake or Fortune?', Mr Mould, your occasional KZfaq series of brief monographs remains an additional treat. Many thanks!

@sherryzimmerman9220 10 ай бұрын

MORE Please Philip….we in the States rely on your expertise to bring us….. with your reliable backstory-storytelling such vignettes of delight…..

@eastcoastrabbit4474 10 ай бұрын

I always enjoy these snippets of art discovery when they're posted. Thanks so much!

@DV-dt9sq 10 ай бұрын

Painted on a door! Fabulous! 🎨🥰

@dorothysmith7289 10 ай бұрын

Hello Philip, thank you for discovering this portrait for the world to enjoy. Lovely to see you, Dorothy Smith 😊

@navajoauckland6003 10 ай бұрын

Mr Mould's voice always brings peace and tranquillity to my being . Thank you kind Sir

@tomjoelberglind1924 10 ай бұрын

Love the way Phillip describes paintings👏🏻🇳🇴

@orionfoote2890 10 ай бұрын

Gosh that's a cracking piece - the Bloomsbury treasures are never ending.

@Schlei602 10 ай бұрын

Yes, please more of it! Explaining arts and crafts in our state museums is my job, too, so I enjoy looking at your way of delivering your thoughts and knowledge Mr. Mold, we never stop learning. Thanks and hello from northern Germany.

@ediwilliams9748 6 ай бұрын

Ja sehr interrasante. Bin Ich uberusched das jemand aus Deutschland schaut auch zu. Ja Ich bin eine Englischer Frau ! Also I don't know if you can get his program Fake or Fortune

@Schlei602 6 ай бұрын

@@ediwilliams9748 yes, I can. Here on KZfaq. One of my favorite series

@fourtails1192 10 ай бұрын

Love all the stories and history behind the art in these videos ...Thank you Mr Mould 😊

@diannacatesdunn 10 ай бұрын

Please, Phillip, do more of these videos!!! We learn so much from you.

@9964jjc 10 ай бұрын

Marvellous as I watch. Looking forward to tonight's "Fake or Fortune" re Cézanne, and Pissarro

@54Tangerine 10 ай бұрын

As usual, a wealth of information and juicy tidbits. I look forward to your posts here on the west coast of Canada. We get some of your programs on the PBS.

@LSTEdD1 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful analysis, as always.

@andrewnorris2 10 ай бұрын

What a great find and a fantastic story. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I love your enthusiasm for these artist's work.

@susansawatzky3816 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@elizabethcornwell4156 6 ай бұрын

!I love Philip’s commentary enthusiasm & knowledge,but I cant share it for this painting,significant or not! the eyes look really bizarre!

@LLACEM 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@lynnedelacy2841 10 ай бұрын

Love the back story - hate the eyes !

@ivorytower99 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic~ What a find! You must be elated. Enjoy it. Ta

@ivorytower99 10 ай бұрын

PS If you have the time. Some new videos would be fab! Cheers!

@DavidC1 10 ай бұрын

very exquisite piece

@LSTEdD1 6 ай бұрын

Enjoying this again. Mr. Mould are you familiar with the art work of The Viscount of Hinchingbrooke, on KZfaq as Mapperton Live and American Viscountess. The Viscountess, Julie Montegue, had a painting by Ambrose Bierce behind her in a recent video. There must be a treasure trove important paintings at Mapperton.

@ericalbany 10 ай бұрын

Interesting - Duncan is trying out new concepts, but the result (to me) is clumsy.

@gilbertwalker3222 10 ай бұрын

He’s such a distinctly average painter, it’s bizarre he gets the acclaim he does presently when artists, truly innovative British artists, like Graham Sutherland, Victor Pasmore and Keith Vaughan are seemingly overlooked by curators and collectors alike. So much of Grant’s (and the Bloomsbury’s in general) appeal is based upon his numerous boring liaisons and class snobbery.

@ericalbany 10 ай бұрын

Some of his stuff is not bad, though (as here) he strains to get effects which Picasso tosses off fluidly. Of course Grant's favorite subject matter gets attention...@@gilbertwalker3222

@gilbertwalker3222 10 ай бұрын

@@ericalbany Agreed, some of his stuff is genuinely alright, especially his decorative output with the Omega workshops (I think that’s where his talents lay best) but you’d think he was a Soutine or Modigliani level talent with the amount of exposure he receives. At times he comes across as a pretentious, daub-y Sunday painter. As you said, he struggles to assimilate style as effortlessly as Cezanne or Picasso did (but maybe that’s because they were actually innovative unlike Grant’s pastiches).

@kaneclements7761 10 ай бұрын

Grant's best work was IMHO not his derivative or experimental pieces. A self portrait that somehow captures his louche character and painting of a hay rick spring to mind. Bloomsbury was a bit of a mixed bag. There was genuine greatness e.g. Keynes. I have been reading about them and have found it difficult to like what I have learned. Too many of their successes were underpinned by the social capital of their background and therefore undeserved advantage.

@stevehughes2133 10 ай бұрын

If he was not associated with the Bloomsbury group the world would never have heard of him, it's who you know!

@greensage395 10 ай бұрын

I assume the Nude in the background is the Artist Duncan Grant....Dang! :) That will bring out the Artist in you! :)

@ediwilliams9748 6 ай бұрын

10.30pm. Very Interesting 😊

@speakrussian6779 10 ай бұрын

Can you tell something about Russian art of the same period?

@philipmouldco4360 10 ай бұрын

Check out our mosaic of Russian born artist Boris Anrep! philipmould.com/artworks/categories/18/6019-boris-vasilyevich-anrep-spirit-of-reasoning-incorporating-a-depiction-of-vaslav-c.-1913/ We will be sharing a short film on this work soon. Stay tuned.

@markw1413 10 ай бұрын

This just about sums him up. Listen to the ridiculous praise heaped on this ugly portrait. Looks like a child knocked it out in 20 minutes. Talk about The Emporers New Clothes. Absolutely ridiculous. We couldn't stop laughing...