Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant
Self Portrait, 1920, National Gallery of Scotland
Born
Duncan James Corrowr Grant

(1885-01-21)21 January 1885
Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died8 May 1978(1978-05-08) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)Artist, designer
Known forMember of the Bloomsbury Group
Partner(s)Vanessa Bell
Paul Roche

Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group.

His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and Burma. He was a grandson of Sir John Peter Grant, 12th Laird of Rothiemurchus, KCB, GCMG, and sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.[1]

  1. ^ Frances Spalding (1998) Duncan Grant, A Biography, Random House UK ISBN 0-7126-6640-0