Plein Air in Charleston Farmhouse Garden (AW15)

Charleston Farmhouse was the idyllic Sussex country home of Vanessa Bell, the artist and sister of Virginia Woolf whose own country retreat, Monk’s House, was just four miles away.
It was in 1916 that Bell and fellow painter Duncan Grant moved into the house with two children, Grant’s lover David Garnett, a nurse, a housemaid and the dog, Henry.
The pair immediately set about making their mark – quite literally – by decorating every surface of the interior in a style
now recognisable worldwide.
Here we see Vanessa seeking inspiration and Duncan providing it in typical Charleston fashion.