[Vwoolf] National Portrait Gallery exhibition

Sat Aug 9 11:04:04 EDT 2014

Yes, thank you.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Mark Hussey <mhussey at verizon.net> wrote:

> Well, that depends by what you mean by ‘evidence’.  Statements in private
> letters, in draft memoirs, not ‘evidence per se.  But then again, what
> ‘evidence’ was there against Jimmy Savile?
>
> ;>
>
>
>
> *From:* Stuart N. Clarke [mailto:stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 09, 2014 4:55 AM
> *To:* peter stansky; Mark Hussey
>
> *Cc:* 'VWOOLF listserv'; Jenny L Pegg
> *Subject:* National Portrait Gallery exhibition
>
>
>
> I recommend buying the catalogue/book that accompanies the exhibition,
> esp. if you can’t go to it, because it includes images of most of the
> exhibits.
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>
> Although I have not (yet?) read it all, I agree strongly with:
>
>
>
> “Whether this was damaging or not, there is no evidence of sexual abuse.
> ... More harmful, perhaps, to her sense of self was George’s sustained
> attack on her failure to match up with his ideas as to how a young lady of
> her class should dress and behave.” (p. 45)
>
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>
> It’s coercion by others that Woolf tries to resist all through her life,
> once she has escaped to Bloomsbury.  (Thus, I even experience a kind of
> “Schadenfreude” when she *has* to visit her mother-in-law!)
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
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> *From:* peter stansky <stansky at stanford.edu>
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 5:04 PM
>
> *To:* Mark Hussey <mhussey at verizon.net>
>
> *Cc:* 'VWOOLF listserv' <vwoolf at lists.service.ohio-state.edu> ; Jenny L
> Pegg <jpegg at stanford.edu>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Review of the National Portrait Gallery exhibit
> in Apollo magazine
>
>
>
> I am very much looking forward to seeing the exhibition.  In fact I am
> doing so on Saturday August 30 about 11 am with a group of Stanford
> undergraduates; we are doing a short course on Bloomsbury at King's.
> Shortly after twelve the group will probably have an informal lunch at the
> National Gallery Cafe next door which is bigger than the NPG cafe.  Should
> some Woolfians like to join us, they would be welcome.  Then Stuart is
> taking the group on a Bloomsbury walk. I can't believe he'd object to a few
> Woolfians coming along.  It does seem a rather Bloomsbury year with the
> exhibit, the cookbook, and the Memoir book.
>
> Other than on  that weekend when we are also going to Tilton, Charleston,
> Bewick, and Monk's House, we will be in residence at King's Cambridge
> August 27-September 15 and if any Woolfians are in Cambridge during that
> period they would be welcome to join us informally for lunch or dinner in
> the King's Hall.  Also on Friday September 5 at 5 we are having a reception
> at Newnham with the Dadie Rylands' table on which Virginia lunched and
> Frances Spalding should be giving us a short talk. We are paying ten pounds
> a head for that event and a few Woolfians would be welcome to join us for
> that fee!
>
> my best, Peter
>
> On 8/4/2014 11:16 PM, Mark Hussey wrote:
>
> Frances Spalding has done a wonderful job of creating a narrative through
> visual artefacts.  Those photos by Ott can actually be seen on the NPG
> website, I believe.  I was surprised by Mark Gertler’s painting of
> Koteliansky (‘Kot’): quite irrationally I had always imagined Kot as an
> ascetic and tiny man, but in this portrait he looks like a big burly
> businessman!  There are some real rarities in the show—the bound volumes of
> letters that Violet Dickinson returned to VW late in life; I had not ever
> known Violet annotated these (of course, under glass one can only see a
> page, but the prospect is tantalizing); also the actual Gestapo list on
> which L & VW’s names appear.  And yes, the catalog is very rich and
> interesting.  I am in London doing research for a biography of Clive Bell,
> so was lucky to be able to see this wonderful exhibition.
>
>
>
> *From:* vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [
> mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> <vwoolf-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Andrea
> *Sent:* Monday, August 04, 2014 8:18 PM
> *Cc:* VWOOLF listserv
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Review of the National Portrait Gallery exhibit
> in Apollo magazine
>
>
>
> Diana, I was lucky enough to have my trip to London coincide with the
> exhibit.  I wish it had not been so crowded, as it was hard to pace myself,
> but I was so glad to get the chance!  The book that Spalding has compiled
> for the exhibit would be worth the while, I think, and is likely available
> online through the NPG.  It's very well curated, with some rare pieces,
> including candid shots from Ottoline Morrell's photo album.  I think the
> impromptu snaps of Virginia are often so much more interesting than those
> she posed for.
>
> --Andrea Adolph
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Diana Swanson <dswanson at niu.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Vara. I wish I could be in London for this.
>
> Has anyone on the list seen the exhibition?
>
> Diana
>
> >>> "Neverow, Vara S." <neverowv1 at southernct.edu> 8/2/2014 11:51 AM >>>
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> Of interest?
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> http://www.apollo-magazine.com/review-virginia-woolf-art-life-vision-national-portrait-gallery-london/
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> Vara
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