Duncan Grant: A Biography

by Frances Spalding

Duncan Grant was one of the best-known names on the British art scene, and the most charismatic member of the Bloomsbury set. This biography follows his life through great changes in society and art, from Edwardian times to the 1970s.

Genres: Biography, Art, Nonfiction, History

570 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 1997

About the author

Frances Spalding CBE, FRSL (née Crabtree) is a British art historian, writer and a former editor of The Burlington Magazine.

Reviews

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A wonderful biography of a fascinating man who drew people like flies to honey all his life. His life intersected with almost every famous person for close on a century. He was much loved by many and his works, so prolific and variable, live on.

[Abby Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

genuinely, im obsessed with this man

[Matthew Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comprehensive biography of a bohemian member of the Bloomsbury Group.