Dora Carrington – the Tragic Muse of Bloomsbury

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Event Date:

04-02-2026

Start time: 10:30

End time: 12:00

Event Short Description

Speaker: Alan Read

Event Information

Fascinating as much for her life as her art, Carrington (as she preferred to be known) eventually formed one corner of a typically Bloomsbury triangular relationship. She was born in 1893 and studied at the Slade School of Art where she joined an extraordinary generation of modern British artists. Her student work showed promise but at a time when it was unusual for a woman to succeed as a professional artist. Her long (and improbable) relationship with the biographer Lytton Strachey was followed by marriage to Ralph Partridge and these complexities played a part in her death at the age of only 38.

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Adult: Free to Members or £10 for visitors

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Organiser Details

Name: The Art Society South Downs

Email: info@theartssocietysouthdowns.co.uk

Venue Details

Address: Fittleworth Hall, Fittleworth, West Sussex, RH20 1JB

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