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Portrait of John Maynard Keynes Portrait of John Maynard Keynes
© Estate of Duncan Grant

Portrait of John Maynard Keynes

Duncan Grant

Art Funded
2005
Dimensions
56.5 x 46.3 cm
Vendor
Mr Bier
Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) painted at Charleston during the First World War where Keynes is reputed to be drafting a crucial telegram negotiating an American loan to secure Britain's wartime survival.

The artist and sitter were lovers from 1908 and remained good friends after.

Provenance

Agnew's, 1956; Mr Bier.

Oil on canvas

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Charleston

The Charleston Trust, Near Firle, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6LL
01323 811 626
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Art we’ve helped buy at Charleston

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Significant Form
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Self-portrait
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Self Portrait in a Turban
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Portrait of John Maynard Keynes
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One of Madame Villain's Sons
 Acquired 2002
Iceland Poppies
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Flowers in Front of a Window
 Acquired 1993
Charleston Farmhouse
 Acquired 1992

Funded in 2007, Iceland Poppies was restored to Charleston where it had previously hung for over four decades. A rare early work by Vanessa Bell, the understated symbolism and 'concentrated mood' of this still life suggest an autobiographical reading.

Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (funded in 2005) was painted by his sometime lover Duncan Grant during the First World War. It purportedly shows Keynes drafting an all-important telegram to America to obtain the loan that would secure Britain's survival.

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