Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour, Charleston in Lewes – A few Chinese-Related Notes #3 – Kuan Yin at Charleston, 1934

Posted: August 14th, 2025 | No Comments »

The Exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour is on at Charleston in Lewes, East Sussex until September 21. A final Chinese-related note….

A later painting here of the studio at Charleston where Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant worked for so many years (and Julian and Quentin in the previous post lived too). This portrait Interior with Duncan Grant, 1934 clearly shows a statue of Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy (etc) on the mantelpiece, where it remains on display today (see below). The statue was originally the property of Roger Fry.

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