THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP, illustrated talk about these ground-breaking artists

Chepstow

Dates: 28/04/2026

Venue: The Drill Hall Chepstow, Lower Church Street, NP16 5HJ

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…
They applied their artistic vision to decorate homes and clothing creating the Omega Workshops where like-minded artists found employment and the opportunity to develop their work.
Based in Bloomsbury they were central figures in the famous group which included great writers and thinkers with whom they also lived and loved.
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 …
Starts 7.30pm, ends 9.30pm
Tickets £12 online in advance or at the door from 7pm, Bar (also in brief interval)
There's also the opportunity to see this talk live online via Zoom (Wednesday 6 May) with recording available for limited period after. Booking online only.
Image: The Breakfast Table by Roger Fry, 1918, Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant in the Garden Room at Charleston (courtesy Aberdeen Art Gallery)

 

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