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§ Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961) The Kitchen Table, Charleston, 1948 signed lower right with initials "VB" oil on canvas h:70 w:51 cm Provenance: The Bloomsbury Workshop, 12 Galen Place, London, WC1. Vanessa Bell, born in 1879, was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf. Studying at the Slade School of Art in 1901, she was said by her family to have been excellent at portraiture but she chose to specialise in still lifes, landscapes and interiors with figures. Vanessa Bell was inspired by Roger Fry's Post-Impressionist exhibitions to use more colour and bold arrangements, later in 1914 turning to abstraction. Sadly in 1941, after the death of Virginia, Bell withdrew to isolation, only keeping in contact with close family and artist Duncan Grant. However she continued to paint until she died in 1961.