Duncan Grant, 1885 - 1978. Artist (Self-portrait)
About this artwork
Grant was a prominent member of the literary and artistic circle, the Bloomsbury group, which included the writer Virginia Woolf, the art critic Clive Bell and the economist, John Maynard Keynes. In the background of this self-portrait, reversed in the mirror, Grant has included Matisse's painting Woman Seated in an Arm Chair (National Gallery of Art, Washington). Grant had persuaded Keynes to buy this painting; he had visited Matisse in Paris some years earlier and was much influenced by his work.
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artist:Duncan GrantScottish (1885 - 1978)
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title:Duncan Grant, 1885 - 1978. Artist (Self-portrait)
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date created:About 1920
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.00 x 45.80 cm; Framed: 73.60 x 57.60 x 6.30 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1980
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accession number:PG 2459
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photographer:Antonia Reeve
Duncan Grant
Duncan Grant
Grant was born in Scotland but spent his childhood in Burma, and lived in England from 1895. He was a leading figure in the Bloomsbury Group, a loosely-knit circle of artists, writers and intellectuals, resident in the Bloomsbury area of London in the years before the First World War. Grant's...