Jacques Raverat
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Jacques Pierre Raverat was a French painter.
He married the English painter
Gwen Darwin, in 1911, the daughter of George Darwin
and granddaughter of Charles Darwin
. They had two daughters, Elisabeth (born 1916), who married the Norwegian politician Edvard Hambro
and Sophie (born 1919) who married the Cambridge scholar Mark Pryor. Raverat suffered from a form of multiple sclerosis
and died following complications of it.
Before relocating, in 1920, to Vence
in France the couple were active members of an intellectual circle known as the "Neo-Pagans" and centred round Rupert Brooke
. They were also part of the Bloomsbury Group
. Other group members included Virginia Woolf
, John Maynard Keynes
, Vanessa Bell
and Lytton Strachey
.
In 2004, his grandson, William Pryor
edited the complete correspondence between Raverat, his wife and Virginia Woolf
which was published as Virginia Woolf and the Raverats.
He married the English painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
Gwen Darwin, in 1911, the daughter of George Darwin
George Darwin
Sir George Howard Darwin, FRS was an English astronomer and mathematician.-Biography:Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin...
and granddaughter of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. They had two daughters, Elisabeth (born 1916), who married the Norwegian politician Edvard Hambro
Edvard Hambro
Edvard Isak Hambro was a Norwegian politician. He was the 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly and also served on the UN's International Law Commission from 1972 to 1977.- Biography :...
and Sophie (born 1919) who married the Cambridge scholar Mark Pryor. Raverat suffered from a form of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
and died following complications of it.
Before relocating, in 1920, to Vence
Vence
Vence is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France between Nice and Antibes.-Population:-Sights:...
in France the couple were active members of an intellectual circle known as the "Neo-Pagans" and centred round Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier...
. They were also part of the Bloomsbury Group
Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists who held informal discussions in Bloomsbury throughout the 20th century. This English collective of friends and relatives lived, worked or studied near Bloomsbury in London during the first half...
. Other group members included Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
, John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments...
, Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.- Biography and art :...
and Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey
Giles Lytton Strachey was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit...
.
In 2004, his grandson, William Pryor
William Pryor (writer)
William Marlborough Pryor is a British writer.Pryor was born in Farnborough in 1945, to Mark Gillachrist Marlborough Pryor, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Sophie , daughter of Jacques Raverat and his wife Gwen...
edited the complete correspondence between Raverat, his wife and Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
which was published as Virginia Woolf and the Raverats.
External links
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