Dinnerplates by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant
Look at these wonderful dinnerplates! They were handmade by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, members of the English Bloomsbury Group. In 1932 they created “The Famous Women Dinner Service”, a series of fifty dinnerplates, painted with portraits of famous an fabulous women: 12 dancers and actresses, 12 writers, 12 beauties, and 12 queens. Below the image of the late Greta Garbo.
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, The Famous Women Dinner Service, Greta Garbo (c. 1932–34). Photo courtesy Piano Nobile/Robert Travers Works of Art Limited.
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, The Famous Women Dinner Service (c. 1932–34). Photo courtesy Piano Nobile/Robert Travers Works of Art Limited.
Art historian and director of the National Gallery Kenneth Clark and his wife Jane commisioned this applied art project. The fifty fabulous plates are on show at the Piano Nobile gallery in London through 28 April, 2018. Continue reading
