Tuesday 31 August 2010

Charleston











Charleston

"Charleston was the home and country meeting place for the writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. The interior was painted by the artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, and together with their collection forms a unique example of their decorative style."



Vanessa Bell wrote in 1936,
“The house seems full of young people in very high spirits, laughing a great deal at their own jokes… lying about in the garden which is simply a dithering blaze of flowers and butterflies and apples.”


Charleston's walled garden was created by the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant to designs by Roger Fry.

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