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    Vanessa Bell was a pivotal figure within the Bloomsbury literary and artistic circle, an artist whose work is characterized by bold color and a daring reductionism. Her early artistic inclinations and formal training laid the groundwork for a lifelong exploration of art. Following her father's death, Bell and her siblings moved to Bloomsbury, establishing their home as a hub for unconventional social life and intellectual discussions that shaped the Bloomsbury group. Her art was profoundly influenced by French modernism, particularly Post-Impressionism, which manifested in her courageous color choices and simplified forms. Though she later returned to more traditional methods, her work always retained a powerful use of color, for which she is perhaps most admired today.

    Kew Gardens. Dtsch. Übersetzung u. 'Kunst und Handwerk, Zur Druckgeschichte v. 'Kew Gardens'
    Brutalist Buenos Aires Map / Mapa brutalista de Buenos Aires
    Sketches in Pen and Ink
    • 2022

      Brutalist Buenos Aires Map / Mapa brutalista de Buenos Aires

      The remarkable and hitherto unrecorded Brutalist architecture of Buenos Aires is captured in our new Brutalist Buenos Aires Map. Featuring iconic works such as the National Library of Argentina and former Bank of London alongside many lesser known buildings, this two-sided bilingual guide features 50 structures and an introduction by Vanessa Bell and original photography by Javier Agustin Rojas. Brutalist Buenos Aires Map is edited by Vanessa Bell with original photography by Javier Augustin Rojas. Bell is a Buenos Aires-based writer and architectural tour guide. Rojas is a Buenos Aires-based architectural photographer. As with all Blue Crow Media's titles, the map is printed by a B-Corps-certified family-owned printer in the UK on quality FSC-certified recycled paper. Open: 420 -- 600 mm (16 1/2 -- 23 1/2 inches) Folded: 210 -- 150 mm (8 1/4 -- 6 inches)

      Brutalist Buenos Aires Map / Mapa brutalista de Buenos Aires
    • 1998
    • 1998