{"id":1547,"date":"2023-06-10T07:48:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T11:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2023-06-10T07:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T11:54:17","slug":"tale-of-two-sisters-vanessa-bell-and-virginia-woolf-in-sussex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Tale of two sisters: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf in Sussex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the Sussex<\/a> countryside of England are the homes of two famous sisters: Vanessa Bell<\/a> and Virginia Woolf.<\/a> They were the originators of The Bloomsbury Group<\/a>, a circle of English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the 20th<\/sup> century. The name came about as the group started in the Bloomsbury (London neighborhood) home of Virginia and Vanessa. Several years later both sisters moved to East Sussex, which is where I visited both their homes last October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was charmed by both houses, which are four miles apart (although much further to drive between). The sisters used to visit each other\u2019s homes on foot. Artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant lived in Charleston<\/a>, a farmhouse in a rural setting where one can smell the country air. Writers Virginia and Leonard Woolf lived in the village setting of Rodmell, in \u201cMonk\u2019s House<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charleston is a visual treat, with artwork covering every surface, from doors to tables to rugs, and all in between – even the side of the bathtub surround. Not to mention the actual framed artwork, plates, sculpture, and pottery. The walled garden is magical, with whimsical sculptures around each corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monk\u2019s House was a visceral experience, from the moment I stepped in \u2013 with the shades of green and artistic touches I felt like I was back in my grandmother\u2019s house (Grandma Noble was also an artist, and lived in the same era). Stepping out of the house is a beautiful garden with views of Sussex Downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While I can\u2019t claim to have immersed myself in the Bloomsbury canon, I was delighted to spend the day in the homes of these two luminary sisters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Sussex countryside of England are the homes of two famous sisters: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. They were the originators of The Bloomsbury Group, a circle of English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the 20th century. The name came about as the group started in the Bloomsbury (London neighborhood) … Continue reading Tale of two sisters: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf in Sussex<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[638,629,630,632,635,634,631,633,637],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-artists-homes","tag-bloomsbury","tag-bloomsbury-group","tag-duncan-grant","tag-east-sussex","tag-leonard-woolf","tag-vanessa-bell","tag-virginia-woolf","tag-writers-homes-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Charleston-exterior.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}