[Vwoolf] National Portrait Gallery exhibition

Mon Aug 11 19:17:41 EDT 2014

And we have Woolf's first-hand witness accounts of abuse at Gerald's and
George's hands, and the corroboration of her family members such as
Vanessa Bell.

>>> Roy Johnson <roy at mantex.co.uk> 8/9/2014 11:01 AM >>>

Very simple

The first hand witness accounts evidence of his many victims 

Roy Johnson
www.mantex.co.uk

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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] National Portrait Gallery exhibition

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
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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.

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)

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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Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 5:04 PM

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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.

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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 8:18 PM
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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
>>>

Of interest?

http://www.apollo-magazine.com/review-virginia-woolf-art-life-vision-national-portrait-gallery-london/

Vara

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