Picture Archive & Historical Portraits
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Image Licensing
  • Philip Mould Gallery
  • Contact
Menu
Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant, The Barn, Charleston, 1959

Duncan Grant

The Barn, Charleston, 1959
Oil on canvas
22 x 22 7/8 in. (55.8 x 58.2 cm)
Signed and dated ‘D. Grant / 59’ lower left
Philip Mould & Co.
License Image
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EDuncan%20Grant%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EThe%20Barn%2C%20Charleston%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E1959%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EOil%20on%20canvas%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E22%20x%2022%207/8%20in.%20%2855.8%20x%2058.2%20cm%29%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22signed_and_dated%22%3ESigned%20and%20dated%20%E2%80%98D.%20Grant%20/%2059%E2%80%99%20lower%20left%3C/div%3E
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com This view of a barn at Charleston Farmhouse, home to Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant, was painted during the same year as...
Read more

To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com


This view of a barn at Charleston Farmhouse, home to Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant, was painted during the same year as his retrospective exhibition at The Tate.

During the First World War, Grant moved to Charleston Farmhouse in East Sussex with fellow artist Vanessa Bell and his lover David Garnett. During both World Wars, Charleston became a permanent family home for Grant and Bell, and throughout the inter-war and post-war years, it was transformed into popular haunt for the fashionable Bloomsbury circle.

The legacy of Charleston Farmhouse lies equally in the programme of interior and decorative works, and in their paintings of the house and its agricultural surrounds. Agricultural activity abounded around them at Charleston, and Duncan and Vanessa sketched, drew and painted its manifestations. Numerous sketchbooks held at Charleston are filled with studies of the farm, from barns and sheep to cattle and chickens. This continual stream of inspiration upon their doorstep, evolving and shifting with each season, was one they turned into an artistic gift. In the later years, many of the agricultural buildings at Charleston sank into disrepair, causing great upset to Grant, whose enduring attachment to the farm and its agricultural legacy lasted his whole life.
Close full details

Provenance

Private collection, UK;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
12 
of  33
PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY
CONTACT

+44 (0)20 7499 6818
art@philipmould.com

18-19 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5LU

philipmould.com

FOLLOW US

Instagram

Facebook

TikTok

YouTube

Artsy

 

Join the mailing list
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Picture Archive & Historical Portraits
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Be the first to hear about our available artworks

Interests *

Sign Up

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.