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The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set or just "Bloomsbury", as its adherents would generally refer to it, was an English group of artists and scholars that existed from around 1905 until around World War II.
History
The group began as an informal social assembly of recent Cambridge University graduates (four members had graduated in 1899, among them Thoby Stephen, the brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell) mingling at social events of the Cambridge Apostles secret society. After graduation, the founding members of the group pursued different interests (Keynes took a job with the Treasury Department administering British interests in a part of India). Vanessa laid the foundation of Bloomsbury in 1904 by moving the Stephen family (the four children of Julia and Leslie Stephen -- Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia and Adrian) to Gordon Square, in the Bloomsbury area of London. Thoby Stephen's untimely death in 1906 strengthened the resolve of Vanessa and Virginia to remain independent and interact with the rest of the group.
The group gained notoriety in 1910 when many of its members were involved in the Dreadnought Hoax that embarrassed the British Navy and was deemed unpatriotic. The group's outspoken pacifist beliefs caused further criticism during the war.
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News: Bloomsbury group to take center stage at Block - More than 150 paintings, works on paper, vintage small-press... http://ow.ly/16edsd
EvanstonNow (Evanston Now) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:55:18 -0000
News: Bloomsbury group to take center stage at Block - More than 150 paintings, works on paper, vintage small-press... http://ow.ly/16edsd
http://littlebreakbigdifference.com/blog/2009/11/13/bloomsbury-group-exhibition/ âConversation Anglaise Le Groupe Bloomsburyâ
Clansman2 (John A Morrison) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:25:55 -0000
http://littlebreakbigdifference.com/blog/2009/11/13/bloomsbury-group-exhibition/ “Conversation Anglaise Le Groupe Bloomsbury”
Bloomsbury Bell: The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor - Book Review http://bit.ly/7yF6vO
elwedding (Dolly-Ann) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:35:54 -0000
Bloomsbury Bell: The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor - Book Review http://bit.ly/7yF6vO
A Radical Regained - Article from the online Guardian newspaper by Fiona MacCarthy. Discusses the work of Bloomsbury group member Vanessa Bell and argues that her painting was as radical in it day as the writing of her sister Virginia Woolf.
Bloomsbury Comes In From The Cold - Article by Maev Kennedy looks at reconstructing the current negative attitude towards the Bloomsbury Group. Includes a list of group members and their notable achievements.
Bloomsbury Groupie - 1999 interview by Sabine Durrant with Frances Partridge who was described, at the time, as the last living member of the Bloomsbury group.
The Bloomsbury Group - List of authors in the Bloomsbury movement with links to selected online resources.
The Bloomsbury Group: Creating A New Modern World - Article discussing art and the impact of the Bloomsbury Group on artists and writers. Related to an art exhibit at Stanford University Art Gallery.
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