Artist and writer Angelica Garnett, daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, was born at Charleston Farmhouse on Christmas Day 1918 and weighed in a shoebox on the kitchen scales. She spent the last 30 years of her life in Forcalquier, France, and she died May 4, 2012, in a French hospital after a short illness. She was 93.
Read her obituary written by Frances Spalding and published in the Guardian on May 7 and the less friendly obituary published in the Telegraph the same day.
[…] she lived there full time. Afterwards, she and her children, who now numbered three and included Angelica, her daughter with Duncan, born on Dec. 25 1918, moved back to London and used Charleston as a […]
[…] Garnett, daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and niece of Virginia Woolf, died May 4 at the age of 93. Since then, a number of obituaries and tributes to her have been published […]
A DVD was made in 2010 interviewing Angelica about her life and work. Directed by Paul O’Dell and produced by Christopher Mason. Its an excellent tribute. It lasts 45 mins + another there is another interview of 15 mins. For any further enquiries please contact me on Mob 07740 941734.