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WOMEN YOU SHOULD KNOW - VANESSA BELL

April 19, 2016

DID YOU KNOW that Virginia Woolf’s sister was an artist? Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) was an English painter, interior designer, and a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. She also designed the dust jacket for the first edition of her sister’s book To the Lighthouse. Talented family! 

I love to hear about other sisters who work well together. It’s great when my twin sister joins me on mural projects. She also designed this website! Can you think of other great sister teams?

 


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Self Portrait by Vanessa Bell, c. 1958. 
Image via spartacus-educational.com
Bell, Vanessa: dust jacket for “To The Lighthouse”

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