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An illustrated talk by popular Monmouthshire art history lecturer Eleanor Bird explores the explosion of new painting from Bloomsbury Group artists, such as Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry. This avant garde group of artists were one of the first in Britain to take up exciting new ideas from Paris, bringing innovative colour, drama and simplification of form to art – and rocking the establishment along the way…
A major new exhibition at Tate Britain this autumn will focus on Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and an exhibition of Roger Fry’s work has just opened at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton, so this talk will not only whet the appetite but provide invaluable insights in preparation for visits! Eleanor Bird will also be setting the innovation of the Bloomsbury Group artists into the wider context of Modernism in Britain in the 1910s and ‘20s - changing times …
Tickets online in advance (reserved seats), or at the door from 7pm. Bar.
Image, The Breakfast Table, Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant in the Garden Room at Charleston, by Roger Fry, 1918 Aberdeen Art Gallery
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The Drill Hall Chepstow, 1 Orchard Gardens, Chepstow, NP16 5, United Kingdom, Caldicot
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